When she's six blocks away
The windows begin to shudder in their frames.
When she's five blocks away
Every towel in the linen closet refolds itself.
When she's four blocks off
The credit cards in your wallet cancel themselves.
Three blocks? Your inherited silverware
Now has strangers' initials deep-etched in.
Two blocks; there's no time to find a new reflection;
You must comb your hair and shave without one.
When she's one block away, all the doors in your house
Unlock, then lock and then unlock themselves again.
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