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Teacup

How small is too small
when the world is the size 
of his teacup?

I am waiting for words
in quiet, broken only 
by the subtle reproach 
of a single mockingbird.

He smiles as though
he does not hear the song.

"One lump or two?"

The past lives in his eyes,
crowding the story 
that dangles before him 
at a dizzying angle.

He balances a saucer 
on his left knee, to hold the
world steady.

I sip, he sips,

words forgotten.

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