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It is time 
for someone else.
I will sit
shaded under the awning
watching the color 
and clapping.
A special kind 
of lonliness 
resides in the audience, 
smiling faintly.
They all do well.
I smile quietly.
Nobody catches my whisper.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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