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The Second Year of Barely Breathing
The Second Year of Barely Breathing
David J Walker
When can we breathe again
exhaling the dust
Of a long-lost day
Safe from the safe distance
Look them in the eye and pray a prayer
Of resistance to the unknown God of goodbye
Our Father
If we ever
get to sit together
again
hear our prayers of common fears
A faceless family of mannequins
Dropped in for a taste of pain
A faithful student of mandolin music
Dropped in from a soaking rain
Our Father
If we ever
Leave the house
again
hear our prayers of preservation
from a death we did not plan
Copyright ©
David Walker
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