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The Reunion


The closer we get to yesterday,

the farther away I feel

 

The longer you stay within my reach,

the more distant I become

 

Memory lane a withering dream

from a time the past has claimed

 

Trading those things I used to want

—for what tomorrow brings

 

(Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania: March, 2021)

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