False Time Belies
‘Yesterday was always better’
a convenience of the past
A place to store what got away
those things that didn’t last
‘Tomorrow may be better again’
as we hope against the tide
While the present slips away unseen
—its gift false time belies
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2018)
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