Volume 1: How They Met
1975
here was where they stole one another's future
the healers bend to breathe life to the willing
and angels wait in dark halls to snatch lives whenever they can
here was where she burned the picture of that man
while he---hid the memories of that nurse
in the depths of his sleep
they held their hands out to reach each other's throats
ready for the kill
1975
the dreaded year
she stashed her traveling bags under their beds
along with the million promises of the man who came back too late
as for him, he folded his nurse's scent into the tiniest parcel
away from her prying eyes
and they waged their war against the world that day
each with swords too big for them to carry
like children playing house
"I am Baba and you are Mama"
they played but lost
played until their 23rd year but lost still
Lancelot and Elaine
fate tagged their babies with prices
one with confusion, the other with dependence and the youngest with
wanderlust
for the sins of 1975
a toast to their bitter union
a toast to borrowed love lost
the end of it all
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