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The King’s Gambit

Posted on June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 by Torrey

I am sorry.

—

There are some sunsets

too long to hold in memories,

so I’ve taken to holding them in song

sprints.

Little hums of warmth and brightness

cascading between my fingertips as

I hold them in my hands.

-a desperate watercatch

—

Quickly now,

before they drain out

into the glassen minefields

of too soon and too sharp.

-edges always slick with the wetness of

whit gone sour.

Bound by contracts

I didn’t know

were life debts

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