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The Crown

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on February 5, 2024| 2 Comments »


Tonight I miss the top of your head—
the way it fit beneath my chin
when you sat on my lap to find Waldo.
I miss the three cowlicks that swirled there,
how they made your hair bounce
with every step—a challenge
for every haircutter we ever met.
I miss the smell of your head,
a place I would again and again
and again sniff. And the way
you tucked your head into my neck
when we’d snuggle in your bed
before sleep. I miss the way
I could no longer see the top of your head
when you grew so much taller than I.
And the silken dark gold of your hair,
how it slipped through my fingers
like something I was still learning to value.
How simple it is, how primal, this love.
And today, this—the ghost
of the top of your head
as I don’t see it bobbing slightly above
the sea of other heads.

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