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What would you pay

to erase a memory

 

What would you buy

to blot out the stain

 

What would you give

to not be forsaken

 

What would you take

to lessen the pain

 

What would you know

if the words came unstrung

 

What would you hear

if the silence prolonged

 

What would it be

if time was delinquent

 

What would it mean

— if the meaning was gone  

 

(Dreamsleep: January, 2025) 

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