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So Long Before Till Gone

We say: "So long",
not because goodbye is kind,
but because we hope,
time will hesitate,
before being gone,
before until rings shut.

We stretch our longing,
so thin, so long,
it begs its time,
to delay its gong,
'til after the last bell.

We trick our leaving,
until it forgets to go,
betraying the staying;
left in the swan song.

Time keeps the till.
Love keeps the change.
One counts what is leaving,
The other what is remaining.
Both wait so long—
'til the till clicks shut.

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