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Streaming Relief
Saw him crying,
a friend's father died today,
what can anyone say?
--the emptiness of trying
in that, this passage
of advancing age
we all are departing,
puzzled by the parting
filled with fears,
and pent-up tears
trying to make sense,
of a tangled past-tense
memories stab
the inner core like
clawing a scab
scratched bloody,
grief
an unwanted buddy
the only relief
trying...
Sunday 21st February 2021 12:44 am
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