ODE TO RHONDA

YOU KNOW,

I JUST REALIZED,

I HAVE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES

OF TEARS.

BEACHES,

WIND BENEATH

MY

WINGS,

FIRST TIME I SOBBED
IN FRONT OF OLIE BOLIE

WE HEARD THE SONG TOGETHER
PEOPLE IN GROCERY STORE PARKING LOT
AND HE

THOUGHT I WAS INSANE.

I HAD A LITTLE SISTER

AQUARIOUS

WE WERE CLOSE
I WAS OLDER

WE WERE OF A SEED
APART

ALONE
IN OUR ISOLATION

IN OUR OWN WORLD

WE HAD A LANGUAGE
I STILL
HEAR

IN MY DREAMS

I WAS

DEE DEE

SHE WAS

DAA DAA

SHE DIED

TOOK A
BIG
BIG
BIG

PIECE OF ME

WITH HER

SHE WAS THE WIND BENEATH MY WINGS

AND I NOW KNOW

WHAT BEING THE WIND

BENEATH

ANOTHERS

WINGS

FEELS

LIKE

SO

WE WILL

FLY

FLY

FLY

WITH...