I saw a guy at the mall yesterday

Wearing a blue jersey and NIKE shoes

Holding a football like he knew it, in and out

He looked just like you

But he could not have been you

Because if he were you

Instead of staring at his phone

He would have smiled at people 

Talking to them, all cheek and bone

Because if he would have been you

He would have spotted me

Hugged me tight

And taken me to a shopping spree

As I approached the counter

I saw you, you were in a trance

You saw me, your eyes wide with horror

And then you walked away without a second glance.

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Author's Note

This is for someone I'd like to call my childhood best friend 

but when I saw him yesterday it didn't seem like we've been friends ever. 

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