What did Panglossian inspire?
adjective; meaning "Naively or unreasonably optimistic,
Of or relating to the view
that this is the best
of all possible worlds.”
Of or relating to the view
that this is the best
of all possible worlds.”
it’s across the old pond
just past the mud and the bridge
you know
where we danced after snow fights
&&& cut diamonds in fresh ice
there were better proposals to come
less honesty less promise
more last ditch effort
and the taste of old news
those were never here
that would be somewhere
500 miles to the north
our story didn’t go that far
not yet, soon
but here was unscathed still
there were no ditches
we had yet to dig them
this was before
before the boxes came to ship my things away
while yours stayed still unpacked
that was a whole year away
we still had coffee dates,
i dare you to eat that whole cake,
can we sleep on this hill, left
before we got to the
whatever came next
filling train stations
with maybepleasemaybe
this isn’t goodbye
but, of course, it was
[ thank the gods. ]
and this was before
i saw the well in our fare
when panglossian hopes
clutched to our skin.
strangled off by fictions
of all nighters,
and 5 am
a world where we escaped
when I held tight to a camera
from a trip out west
when you, here
was my favorite subject
in our shared hoodie
blond hair against the setting sky
and the wooden slats creaking
just shy of too loud
this was asking
can we get married here
and you asking why
this was me saying
we’re between the weeping willows
and mumbling about Shakespeare
with fresh picked flowers in my hair
this was when you understood
when you dropped your books
and grabbed my wrists
and said yes yes
until you left me with no
and this is me saying
i don’t need the creaking wood
or the willows grasping
at a white dress
because you asked me
to stop running
when I need someone
to run with.
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