Do you think we would have been friends as kids?
Climbed up trees and sat on branches.
Swayed our feet with grape juice-stained lips.
Chased each other and scraped our knees.
Do you think we would have been friends as teenagers?
Ran off of lake docks and talked about films.
Shared earphones as we sat in the basement and listened to music.
Do you think we will be friends until we grow old?
Always cut an orange in half and share it with the other.
Cool each other's fever-coated brows.
Laugh on our front porch until our insides ache.
If I can never know you at all the ages you have ever been,
I hope I can for all the ones you have yet to reach.
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