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Leaving

Leaving

slowly 
imperceptibly
at first
a syllable
a vowel
a verb
slips away.

unnoticed
in the flush 
of discovery

each submission 
says goodbye

already you  are gone.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 8/7/2017 4:49:00 PM
Profoundly creative dearest, Patricia! I liked it my friend!
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Patricia Cresswell
Date: 8/7/2017 4:56:00 PM
Thank you for reading and commenting. It seems to me that the seeds of leaving begin to grerminate in the heat of meeting.

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