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HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH

TABLE

Dakota Lopes

31 minutes, our deliverance,
a vessel of companionship
and a distraction from common sense.
Stories and jokes of which we take ownership,
this is the basis of our relationships
but in no way is it the extent.
Childhood slips from our fingertips
and to keep it with us is our intent.
The realities of existing circumvent
the bureaucracy of the folding table.
We discuss gossip, life, the present
with ideas to change them when we’re able.
The lifespan of that fake wood may be longer than ours
but it didn’t feel like it for those half hours.

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