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PLANET ELIZABETH
by April Halprin Wayland
When I pass her in the hall, I am pulled into her orbit
by sentences that speed past each other,
meteors that careen into each other,
smashing into thousands of
half-begun-never-finished-thoughts.
Her own world
and I’m always welcomed.
I only meant to
say "hi"
but I’m buckled into a rocket
accelerating towards Planet Elizabeth
before I can move out of her orbit.