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wistful interlude

Sep 28, 2023
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excerpt from To the Dead, by Frank Bidart

What I hope (when I hope) is that we'll 
see each other again,—

  ...and again reach the VEIN
  
in which we loved each other... 
It existed. It existed.  

There is a NIGHT within the NIGHT, -

I have a date tomorrow night.

I’m looking forward to it.

I’m moving on every chance I get.

And yet, everywhere I look, I’m being asked to Remember.

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