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Jess Lim

Creative Writing

17/04/2016





you
in a forest
and me, faithful
at my desk, always
and while the sun doesn’t
beat my brow like it does yours—
on a day like today, i still always wear
sunscreen even though i don’t go outside
but when i saw your face we sat and spoke
for a while in the sun and you said the dog
wasn’t yours, it was a friends i wanted to
take it home with me and i wanted
to keep talking to you but i got
scared i don’t know if you
realised cause you kept
asking more, you
always ask
more and
i always
run