Without Instructions | #CapturedInWords

I had a dream about you last night

In the Carlisle general store

Massachusetts 

You were the candy bar

The cereal

Even the toothpaste

Reading the instructions 

An advert of your handsome face 

Spoke to me 

In animation 

Breathlessly, excited 

Filled with promises 

Even in sleep 

I thought 

'That isn't like you, is it?' 

But what do I know 

What do I know 

Of this secret, silent man 

Who comes to me 

In animation 

Eloquently, lovingly 

Without instructions

And leaves again

Without a single promise

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