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there’s a ton

of
reasons
why Carl left,

but,
if you ask Maggie,

not
one of them
was any good
and neither was Carl.

~~

she looked me

right
in the eye

and said:
these things are incredible.

your
poems have wings.

i’ll
remember
every single one of them

for
a long, long time.

then,
she put my book
back on the table, turned

and
walked away.