You

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you

are the question

still left unanswered

"a whole lot of everything"

the bartender said

and i

googling my future partner

like shaking a magic eight-ball

'yes,' 

'maybe,' 

'reply hazy'

'try again'

i've spent so much time manifesting

that it's getting hard to think

they told me to make a list

of all the qualities

you would have

and so i tried

and gave up

around item 279

you see

you are not a list

nor a memory

not a dream

or a fantasy

you are flesh and bone and

not mine to define

not mine to refine

not even

mine

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