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Before Leaving


Before Leaving

before you

as though any of it mattered

 

we genuinely love

the treacherous descent in the dark

they're only scratches on a page

 

an outlandish

immaterial

hymn

 

wide-eyed wonder at her own pain

blaming herself 

before god

 

only she wept

clambering down from the bed

repeating the same phrase over and over

 

I'm sorry

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