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april 8th, 2016

April 9, 2016
By hlmnewcomer PLATINUM, Austin, Texas
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"for life is not a paragraph, and death, i think, is no parenthesis"

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i wondered for weeks
what your ashes would
feel like in my hands.
they felt heavy, almost like
my tears were lead
and i was catching them
with trembling arms,
and they poured thru my
fingers like finely ground coffee,
they were so light. 

© Robbie M., Milford, CT

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