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Poems

Talisman

25 April 2015

9:00 AM

25 April 2015

9:00 AM

She’s meant to be good
with words, used to medicating others
with a timely postcard — FABULOUS WOMAN YOU!
Today she can’t find it in herself to buy,
let alone send, A SISTER IS WORTH A THOUSAND FRIENDS.
If only she knew the right phrase,
the sort other people have stored in their mouths,
like a kindly tongue.






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