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Last Sayonara


Smell

the most

precious

and last sense

to go

 

Its

lingering

fragrance

vanishing

slow

 

single

carnation

a bright

yellow rose

 

Through 

deafness

and darkness

till death 

—wafting so

 

(The New Room: December, 2023)

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