The Reintroduction

she walked over
hugged him then
put her hands on his shoulders
don’t
you
ever
do
that
again
her vision over his headline
seeing a night bathed in chaos
seeing a future and a past bleeding into one another

i did it once before, he said looking around at the gathered shoes of friends

don’t ever.
again.
she walked past him
as instructed
and took the place of a right wing
if he were an angel