Beachball
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contest...Teach Me a Lesson
A few years ago
a beachball got stuck in some rafters at the pool
and contains the breath of an unknown person
this caused me to wonder
about all the places I've been and left pieces of me
where my presence never left, nor did I return
sometimes I encounter it
a friend who has a memory or an item I made
a saying or dance I embodied they kept
who was I ?
when we passed I would hope those fragments
were more than the air I breathed
on an unforgotten day
small links of the unforgotten that piece me together
as someone who existed
Copyright © Frederic Parker | Year Posted 2023
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