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Don't embrace; refrain

On the platform, waiting for the train

to see you in your little brick

apartment, the air focuses with Spring

and fills with the noise of fans

ready for the game. Drunk already

or drinking: how uncautious,

how hopeful. How white

are their jerseys between the pinstripes.

I feel such a traitor

asking for a round-trip ticket,

knowing our visit will be finite. Apart

and together, the way every heart

works. That should console

nobody.