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we erased our concrete circles

John Casquerelli · Poetry · October 2026
Today’s chatbots blur lines of conversations
that seem void of “How are you feeling today,
old friend? It’s been too long.” The space
between us is light years from the days of
sharing stories, parked near the airport
while Boeing 737s flew almost directly
above us. Could we ever have imagined
this technological present that rewires
our neurological functions in dust and
muddled memories? I keep the Hallmark Card
you gave me on my eighteenth birthday
with photos from the same year. The card
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