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Deja Vu Babel In Flower

I've seen that face, I see in crowd
I know that new place, on arrival
I've felt all this familiarity
I know, I know this being
has all been there before.
Past lives, past sense, 
past tense, become alive
in present tense,
evoked by the yearning
for context, meaning
in the empty void.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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March 6, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Wonderful poetic flow in your very perceptive poem John. Congrats and high fives in the "present tense!" Blessings.
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