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GI100 Book #2...random attempts at poetry.
#915673 added July 18, 2017 at 8:13pm
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Grieve For Minutes
7-17-17


The tone of your voice
says something's wrong,
and you haven't even spoken yet.
It's as if a lifted curse
is about to resettle
and blow out a candle.
Let's promise not to look around,
wondering who might be next,
and only take minutes to grieve
before giving in to
nuanced celebrations:
a life was muted, but
we weren't, so respect.
Maybe we can push it
farther up the horizon;
we know it's coming but
it doesn't have to be today.

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