Justin Karcher

This One Time We Held Hands and Watched the Dawn Rise Over a Strip Club

A dancer leaned from a window and let her hair fall. 
Southern Ontario never felt more like a fairytale. 

Years later you sent me a text out of the blue.
“If you fuck someone tonight 
try to love them less than me.” 

I didn’t respond but maybe I should have.

If you’re reading this, I still hope 
for the future we talked about

having sex while Bernie Sanders is giving 
a victory speech, to really roll around naked 
in grassroots where the beautiful voices are

where none of them feel trapped. 

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