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Honorable Mention
Is Est Temps
Don Barnes

In this dream I was
French and understood
when people spoke
but I wore no hat
and didnt smoke
cigarettes.

I was French enough
and when the Italian
girls came to sing
I turned
as if to leave but you
whispered
"Si tu partais
ce serait la fin
du monde."
and I could not go.

Your eyes black to match
your hair and skin pale
as eggshells smooth
as obsidian
with a scent of lilacs
or lavender.

It was Tuesday and the fish
swam to the edge
of the pond to say secrets
but they
were clumsy without lips.
Their words became spaghetti
strands in the damp air.
As they swam away
you whispered again
"Il est temps."

I turned into an open door.
and you
slammed me shut.

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