If you and I should,
Again, meet
In this trundling kaleidoscope
Of chaotic realms;
Then for the briefest of moments,
Pretend that you know me;
Smile a bit and greet me--
In that crucial millisecond
Of hurtful, unavoidable collision,
Let's both hide the cracks
And permit the gaping universe
To continually believe
In frolicsome unicorns
And selfless, forever love--
Even when our hearts
Are already broken
And our souls bleed
Of that rancid bitterness,
Embodying quashed hope
And discarded dreams.
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