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with the desolate smell
of silence suspended over them
the younger man
kissed the forehead of the elder
a soft gesture,
and by tommorow
no kisses needed

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Each flicker of her eyes
lashes painted pain
upon me.
In warm blanket huddle,
I decided,
fo her contemplating alone
was painful,
for me the descision was worse

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