metonymy4u

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we met one night
under circumstances
(for her) ordinary.
she had been through this
many times. many
times to the hospital
since childhood.
when the needle entered her
skin for the 3rd time, i
already knew i’d missed.
she suggested someone else try.
i think the way i agreed
cemented our relationship
of the following 3 years.
when she died she asked
two things of me. to take
for her a photograph of the coast.
to meet her outside.
for months nothing
was all i could hear.