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People Who Don'T Say Goodbye

PEOPLE WHO DON’T SAY GOODBYE people who don’t say goodbye are born this way and this is how they die keepers of promises hearing the fake on your take and turning it into an original copy a lifetime of open doors holding on before the letting go strangers who need strangers lighting candles of loyalty tearing clocks apart these are the people we meet in the dark © Kim van Breda—18 January 2016

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Date: 4/4/2016 8:29:00 PM
Oh my, what power. Tearing clocks apart! Few are the people worth the life energy they steal.
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Date: 2/8/2016 9:05:00 AM
Awesome sweeping conclusion to this piece, Kim! Especially liked the "open doors" metaphor.
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Kim Van Breda
Date: 2/8/2016 9:30:00 AM
Thank you Michael for reading me. Your comments are very encouraging ~~X~~

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