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Let Go

If only events mattered /not much has happened
since I saw you go.

Now— is an emptied out volcano
an old bone that dog dug-out
and old dog and the old trick
the old trick, to summon—
by remembering.

Remember!
we walked away/ but the dog did not
could have stayed / but the dog did not
dug out a little more / back in time
found the fresh flesh / held her against chest
a little longer this time—
5 years.

 Cry! Cry!
you’re going dry/ no tears—
next five years.

Kaleidoscope,
show me her bones/ show her mine
let us bind well/ this one time
then let go.

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