Auf Wiedersehen

A shaft of sunlight
cleaves their reveries
and the spell evaporates,
their fate is sealed,
their goose is cooked!

Morning-mouthed,
bedraggled, the reality of day 
makes for a rude awakening
as reluctantly they say 
'auf wiedersehen.'
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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December 11, 2008 at 10:22 PM
"auf wiedersehen" noun used to express farewell So basically you ran out on her...
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