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**published in The Quixote 1996, Schertz, TX

And < Like > 

and when you see them and
your heart wavers and
your eyes quiver and
not the other way around

 you just have to see but
 you just can't look so
     you look
        and
     you see
        and
   you shut (no squeeze) your eyes
(but) you peek again
     like pleasureful pain
  but it's not so pleasant
and theirnamestogether have to
         (HAVE TO)
   emerge from your lips or you'll implode
that's the moment you know
    you are in LIKE.

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