Tell us about your first day at something — school, work, as a parent, etc.

First I saw you reading Flaubert

I knew you were the one

A literary moment

A military movement

In my heart had begun

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The second we conversed

Sweet sounds sinking my soul

Our eyes transfixed

My mind playing tricks

Never to be reversed

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Taken in thirds

Lives now decades together

One in near burning

Another getting better

The last our best lives learning

Ready for the next

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