Toothpaste
by Cody Clarke
They discontinued my favorite toothpaste
and I found out months after the fact
Everything happens like this
Your favorite objects die just like your favorite people do
Silently and far away
taking a slow and broken train
cross country
to tell you
Arriving as casual words from the TV or a friend
so casual they're just fingertips tapping your shoulder
startling you with their lightness
As much as we'd like to believe we're impervious
and that our own deaths won't go down this way
there are people who love you
more than you will ever know
that won't find out for ages
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