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Superstitionists swear breaking a glass brings good luck

I broke one as I headed out for the first time to meet her

I rushed, typed on my cell, and shot a glance at the winter sun

And almost tripped embarrassingly on the speed breaker

Girls walking next me broke into a subtle chuckle

An hour later we walked towards each other at the station

She picked me up in her dainty scooter soaked in character

We ditched storming to generic malls

Went to an aesthetic open air tea stall

Here she cozily sat in her spot

Reminisced how her last date bombed

I spoke non-stop like a nutjob robot

Making her wonder if I was a wacko & should she bolt

She didn’t, instead asked me to come for a brisk stroll

Later we drove, picked Bud and rolled towards home

She didn't let me in through her home’s threshold

She let me in through the door to her unfettered soul

Taught me how to smoke pot from a bong

As we listened to rustic Iranian songs

Introduced me to Haley's inimitable version of Creep

Felt wow to smoke classy hash not trashy weed

And for the first ever time in living history

Someone beat me at the frequency of loo visits

Some time later, she sensed me lean closer

Uninhibitedly she asked if I want to kiss her

I gestured yes, but she wasn't impressed

Urged me to say it like I mean it for real

I did & the distance between our lips disappeared

Our first kiss carved something nameless & visceral

Till hours ago we were bona fide strangers

Now we were intertwined & making love

We felt closer than Emma & Dexter

It revealed how time is an elaborate illusion

Songs remind us how things aren't how they were meant to

It happened when their song began to coo

Bouncing off the walls chimed Perfect Two

She teleported back to him in a time machine

To a time when their hearts were in sync

And life hadn't played tricks

She shared with me her half-decade long love story

She told me how it went to shits

When she kissed someone who wasn't him

She was candid & told him about her one-off slip

But he couldn't take it, felt his trust had been kicked

They had a vicious tiff & went through the torturous split

Their love lay abandoned which took years to build

We changed the subject, got off the bed & decided to get fed

She cooked me yummy upma & fried eggs

We ate together as the time continued to melt

That night lying next to her I had goosebumps

That's rare for someone numb & broken

I slept like rock star even on a bed that was uneven

Next morning the sun went on an early vacation

The clouds opened up - the rain fiercely drenched

Us wandering mortals on earth

We read together & sank into haunting Caitlyn Siehl

She read my raw blasphemous rap-poetry & disagreed with its ending

I read her gently woven metaphoric daughter-mother narrative

The only one she had ever published

She told me about another one of Trump's assaults

She felt torn when she thought I didn't care for women's right to abort

I get it as my demeanor appears cold – my heart people tell me is a stillborn

She forgave me after I lightened the mood with countless awful jokes

Then in the rain, she took me to Rajuda’s Singing Tree

To drink large cups of gingered tea

Over samosas and I also had peculiar Bengali rasmalai

I stuck around for another long while

Finally, I realized I was becoming a parasite

I tied my shoes & said it's time for us to divide

Between hi & bye the distance we traveled was infinite

Like I had feared, now she's disappeared,

No, you can't see 'em, but my tears are real

I had said bye - now it feels that was goodbye

Because I didn't sit down sad & sigh - my face is dry & I didn't cry

Doesn't mean a part of me didn't die

Because I'm not in trauma and I got no drama

Of sobbing on the shoulders of my momma

Doesn't mean my heart is in coma

When I get a chance I'll show her, she's the real Rockefeller

Now she's gone, I won’t sulk & mourn

Because of her a part of me was reborn

She came like a hurricane & left a part of her in me engrained

She left something of hers that's still floating in my heart's lane that I can feel in my blood & veins

And every time it will unexpectedly rain, I know I will think of you, A