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Vacating Visitor

Strange that your room is empty now like a tooth that's been pulled as a hollow shell darkened up and devoid of what filled it once just a socket to tangle the tongue Strange that the brewing of coffee has stopped like a race that's completed in finish lines when all of the runners relax, unwind and unroll the adrenaline wheel Strange that a bird of metal wings could fly you away with the laughter you bring to barely a speck in the blue southern sky to be viewed by the earth as a hawk Strange that our visits are always too short like reverberations from musical notes one strains to still hear after songs have been sung and laughter lives on in refrains...

Copyright © | Year Posted 2006




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