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introduction.

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if a man loves you he sees your
walls like a canvas for him to trace
his hand upon and write German love poems
in white paint. years later he will
find that hand print and measure it to
his own and laugh and say yes, I was here when
I was young and a different person and
you were yet foreign to my eyes. he will
laugh into your skin and introduce himself
again in case you forget.

hello, he will say, I'm the man who finger
painted my intentions on your distrust in a
language you didn't understand. he will speak
to you in German and you will still think it sounds
angry and he will say, you thought I was yelling
when I was only in love with you.

I know, you will say, I know, I know.

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theme one: introduction

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all of it is true.
the German love poems and the tracing of his hand
on the Berlin wall and the way he said I love you
and I always thought it sounded like he was angry with me.
and the walls he climbed.
but not the years later. he's not here for those.
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