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Entry for Pleiades Please Poetry Contest: Sponsored by: Rob Carmack  Date wrote 15th August 26

Detritus

Dumbbells that were too heavy in the end
Daughter’s note, unopened, still
Decaying tea-cake still on plate
Dickie tie you wore when we first met;
Dress-suit, diamond cufflinks, pens,
die-cast cars, an unknown key, a stick of gum …
Dear God, was there nothing that you threw?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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