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In Lifesaving last year
they told us
if we had to pull someone up or out of a pool
not to grab their hands.
Because fingers slip and tangle.
Instead, grab their wrists.
You can pull them up that way
and there’s a better chance of
keeping them safe.

At your house last night
you told me
things that worried you, that you were scared of
and I responded in kind.
At lunch that day we held hands under the table.
But now, in the bedroom
We clung to each others wrists
pulling the other out of
their personal pool.