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You Ruined My Sweatshirt
September 6, 2013
I asked my mom to wash my sweatshirt
because it reeked of you
and nothing I did was able to scrub it away.
I don’t know if it was
your soap
or deodorant
or maybe your brand of cigarettes,
but the scent of you
clung to my sweatshirt
and refused to let go.
I asked her three times
to wash it again and I swear
the last time she gave it back to me
I could feel you whispering in my ear:
memories are not a stain you can wash out.
© Jose H.
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