atonement
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We were about to move
again
And he said we needed to paint the garage
He didn’t explain why
but he never does
She said gently,
"hush,
I can do this."
A thing happened:
I seemed to disappear.
The back of my neck went cold.
A fire ran up the--
"Yes,"
I said.
"Again and again and again,"
Atonement
The most I can do with you now
is to sit on this ledge,
watching everywhere.
I turn to watch you stare
