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The Illusion of Touch
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Poems of Hope and Love That woman on the elevator
who shares your personal space
and feels the promise of your energy
playing along her skin
The one at the cocktail party
hair piled perfectly
back of her bare neck humming
with the vibrato of your laughter
The one in the grocery store
who briefly drowns in the depths of your gaze
and receives the barest of grazes
as you hand her an avocado
Her whole world does not suddenly shrink
to the spaces between electrons
where neurons flood and depolarize
conjuring the breathtaking illusion of touch
They can't appreciate the weight of your presence
They won't be haunted for days
by the memory of you
