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Everyday I talk to a stranger  
that looks like you,  
your free voice wheeling  
like a round of wings.  
We cannot agree but whose point is that?  
I shrink, walk backwards,  
as small as beyond  
your reach,  
as distance is privacy.  
But you're faster than that,  
spreading into off limits,  
the skin's barrier.  
If I touch you would you disappear for me?  
But you take more than your share of time,  
disconnecting meaning  
from context, using words before  
they're accessible.  
 
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