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What I thought he meant.
He said I was persistent,
like something unwanted,
a rash, maybe
he picked up on a USO
tour of Iraq.
What he really meant.
I'm persistent
in the way I made the first moves,
asked him on the first date,
stay in his memory
like a video
taken on his birthday.
April 2, 2016
prompt: he said/she
said
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