Hello & Goodbye

September 16, 2025

Leavened unleavened

risen and stayed

Lost when recovered

joyful dismay

Intrinsic extrinsic

the whole without parts

Tomorrow this moment

stopping to start

Benign and bedeviled

revealed yet unseen

A valid deception

blessed but obscene

The past and the future

hello and goodbye

Affirming rejection

— all truth to belie

(Dreamsleep: September, 2025)

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