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Like Someone Who Knows Me
Through the bitterness of winter
life crawls, so lingering and lonely
and hauling your battered heart into
the shelter of some place holy
Your mind swims with the terrible things
those hands have groped toward
The grit of guilt and shame conspire
to serve as your reward
Such troubled thoughts reverberate
as they echo up into the arches
Gathering their mass and falling back
they’v...
Wednesday 26th October 2022 3:30 pm
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