this is not my english paper

as usual, line breaks and punctuation are far from set in stone.

disclaimer: while the mood and setting of this are based on a real memory (of a real person), the "i told you didn't i?" is totally pulled out of my ass because it sounded right. whatever.

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so

i told you
ages ago didn’t i?
wearing denim and that belligerent voice of mine,
standing on the frozen earth
and shading my eyes like a farmer.
i told you

didn’t i?
leaning back against your car
seeing nothing but the sun in my eyes
i waited for you hand to find mine
or for it not to, and the meaning was
better articulated by the slope of my
shoulder than my choice of words

but i did tell you

even if you chose not to hear