It's the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you

(Yanyun Chen, Salamander, 2011)

by Jeremy Fernando

Are you just a mirror standing in front of me?
Am I blind? Can my eyes really see?
— Ozzy Osbourne

Is this the day to kiss her?
said the man, standing next to me
watching her stand

dressed in white —
hair bound,
waiting; awaiting time.
To walk down in line
— vow away her line.

Perhaps he always knew
the day would show;
even if up she did not.
Can one be said to be walking,
if already walked down.

But how I did wish he would kiss her.

I has dreams that brings me sadness
— Cocorosie

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a version of this piece was first published in One Imperative — ‘the end is the beginning is the ___’, which can be found at http://www.oneimperative.com/2015/03/15-the-beginning-is-the-end-is-the-__/

It’s the wrong kind of place to be thinking of you