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Absence



The telephone was shrill with silence
when I entered the room where I had heard your voice

the curtains were stiff with dust
the carpet faded before my eyes

even the spiders were voiceless in their ceiling nooks

only the plant in the corner still stirred
in the breath of your recent passing

I looked in vain for your face
in the pale rectangles which marked where pictures had hung

but you had vanished, leaving your shadow crucified on the wall


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