an electronic X
but it too stands for more.
Just as this O—
you surely know
what X and O are for.
From here, they’re all
that I can give,
given the miles and lives.
But if you save
the X and print
it out—enlarge it first—
you can, if you wish,
place it on your lips,
cheek, forehead, anywhere.
And if a cheek
got wet a bit
it would be from the part of me that's there.
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James B. Nicola's full-length collection, “Manhattan Plaza,”
will be out this summer.
