a locust
seeks her company
alone
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across the lawn
footsteps in the snow -
an empty chest
forget-me-nots -
adorns the old mattress
a beggar left
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in a back-alley
old hooker and her dog -
sharing a sandwich
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faint pleas -
after her burial
smothered by ivy
its tender roots
embrace the bones of dead -
a churchyard oak
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crested waves
fall silent in the sand -
my mother's house
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