_____ by N'jeri Faith

I worked with
a woman who
drove me crazy-
crazy, 'cause her voice
sounded so much
like yours.

She looked
how I imagined
YOU
(being that you ain't sent my package yet);
pretty, she was-
cute face and hazel eyes,
casual dresser, with hair
(I supposed) like yours.

But it was her voice
that drove me
over the edge
in my mind-
where you always are.

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