EVERYTHING WE TOUCHED

by Matthew Smith

On East 161st, a door sign read

“The Fortune Teller Is In”;

you said you didn’t believe in that, and

I said I didn’t believe in that, and then

we went inside;

(sometimes you need to see it,

to not believe it);

she told us about love, and longevity,

and family, and future;

and she told us that everything we touched

would turn to gold;

you said you didn’t believe in that, and

I said I didn’t believe in that, and then

we touched all summer;

(sometimes you need to feel it

to not believe it);