smiled
raze
you
want
to
know
what
the
best
smile
i
ever
saw
was
?
it
wasn't
from
someone
i
loved
.
it
wasn't
even
anyone
who
knew
me
.
when
i
was
eighteen
,
a
woman
passed
me
a
joint
through
a
chain
link
fence
.
i
was
standing
in
a
parking
lot
.
she
was
in
an
open
field
.
worlds
apart
and
still
close
enough
to
touch
.
my
long
hair
must
have
given
me
away
.
but
i
was
headed
to
a
job
interview
with
my
dad
.
the
woman
had
her
daughter
with
her
.
my
age
.
her
mane
even
more
majestic
than
mine
. "
i
wish
i
could
,"
i
said
.
i
held
the
flame
between
my
fingers
for
a
beat
before
handing
it
back
.
the
nameless
daughter
locked
eyes
with
me
.
the
way
her
lips
curled
made
her
face
bloom
and
burned
a
hole
in
my
brain
that
still
hasn't
healed
.
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go
blather
from