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May 24
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emi_art_now

Only human- part 4

I don’t think I can take much more of this. 

I’ve been awaiting this dreadful moment all my life and now, 

Here it is. 

A car pulls up and a woman gets out.

The car pulls away leaving her stranded. 

She shields her pretty face from the breeze, not that I wanted to see it.

When I saw her last she was only seventeen.

Like me.

So long ago,

I think I missed her. 

 
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Posted: 05.24.22
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  1. Treblemaker
    May 24, 2022

    what a beautiful set of poems, so emotional and nostalgic. I enjoyed reading every part

    I write because the music of language spoke to me in books and I wanted to make a beautiful noise to answer back ~ Lee Williams.

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