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They say that love makes time pass, and

          time makes love pass;

                    I guess that would explain

                              your timely disappearing acts . . .

They say that people change and

          forget to tell each other;

                    I wonder when exactly 

                              we became unfamiliar lovers . . .

They say that only after something’s gone

          do you miss what you had –

                    I say two out of three

                              ain’t bad.

(© 2005 Marcus Harris, originally published in Songs In Search Of A Voice)

              you claim you love me –

                               so your heart must have been tucked

 somewhere in your fist . . .

(© 1999 Marcus Harris, originally published in Songs In Search Of A Voice)

                    Daddy says real wealth:

      think Bill Gates, not LeBron James -

                     profits, not paychecks.

(© 2017 Marcus Harris, originally published in #snapshot)

my grandma

used to talk about

when she met

my granddaddy -

what she said,

I forget,

but I’ll always remember

the glow on her face when

she spoke…

I imagine

I looked the same

when you looked at me

in homeroom…

and if I were a poet,

I’d know just the words

to describe the feeling

of

your lips on mine

or 

your fingers in my palm

and

maybe I could express

the way my heart

used to flutter

whenever I got a text from

you…

I guess

I could also explain

how it felt

when I saw

you

at the mall with

him

(© 2017 Marcus Harris, originally published in #snapshot)