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i dreamt we spoke

By: Mary Koppen

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Published for the 2025 Fall Chapbook

 

in the lulls of my circadian rhythms
you bask in my nostalgia
you lie in the sweet saccharine of my dreams, you lie in my pleasure

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the soft snickering lullabies soothe me
away from the day’s troubles
away from the discomfort of the common era, i fall to your persuasion

 

the cadence of your voice, the recollection of such sound, dissipates and the memories
leak into one another, they disintegrate into the ones preced- ing, impeding my ability to sleep soundly

 

these lasting impressions are
impressed upon my hippocampus, firmly against my skull and there’s no turning back
to the being i once was prior to my convictions regarding your soul

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