autumn break

Sarah Simon
Nov 5 · 1 min read

I wish you were feeling my collarbones –

instead of me, caressing myself in a diagonal chair –

one leg about to snap, the other, broken;

and i’m wondering if i should cut my hair.

I’m wondering what it will be like in the Andes without you as my mountain –

that is, if the Andes actually surmount you,

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Sarah Simon

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New Yorker at soul living in Uruguay. ¿Cómo andas? Poetry, película, people. goodreads.com/book/show/48497229-core-collection

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