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i can't remember the last time i saw my breath

from lost words & testaments by charlie shuck

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it was chilly
the vapor that poured from his lungs reminded him of breath in the cold.
he couldn’t remember the last time he could see his breath.
seemed like it was all the time.
in winter
as a kid
he could remember cold winters
waiting in the outside hallways of his elementary school
for the teacher to open the doors
all the kids pretending to smoke — blowing out puffs of cold breath

these days florida seemed to only get a day or two of cold weather a year.
but he couldn’t remember the last time he could see his breath

he checked his phone to see where the bus was
it was no longer on the map
how could a bus just disappear?
it was just a couple of minutes away before

he decided he would wait a few minutes.
after all, a bus can’t just vanish, right?

he had a flannel on under his denim jacket he felt might be a bit too many layers for the night

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from lost words & testaments, released June 7, 2022

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a poet and songwriter from jacksonville, florida.


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