Love Poem: Time-Machine Love
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Written by: Anthony Romano

Time-Machine Love

I was delusional
Enough to think
twenty-five rose
Petals could create countless
Memories of exhilarating
Romance, the kind that
Leaves your stomach falling 
And then fading away like a child 
Echoing himself inside
A deep and devastating 
Well.
I was delusional
Enough to think 
Wit could match
Familiarity,
All the while using the
Most charming 
Yet rational banter 
Possible.
I was also delusional
Enough to believe in
Time-machine love,
And what would have been
Had our hearts not been
Otherwise engaged.