Tagged: linger
birthdays come and go,
birthdays come and go,
who remembers and who forgets
linger a little
.
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departures come and
departures come and
go as often as arrivals –
we hold on longer
.
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in the formula
in the formula
for lingering, we both accept
lost variables
.
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in between the in-
in between the in-
betweens, we
will pretend to be
all adult about
it, hiding
behind mama’s
skirts, lingering
in dad’s shadows
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: in-betweens
as soon as Spring, we
as soon as Spring, we
linger in the backyard, keep
an eye on the new
figs sprouting into existence,
watch out for the early birds
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: sprouting
when we got to the
when we got to the
other side of the lake, we
lingered on the dock
ladder, watching small fish kiss
our legs, taking smaller nibbles
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: nibbles
if we are lucky,
if we are lucky,
life strips us of life
quickly or
very slowly –
the pain lingers
like a lost
formula, waiting
for someone to
come along
and solve it
.
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were there ever
were there ever
truly a time
when things
were that simple –
even in death,
after everything
settles, we
somehow allow
the complexities
to linger
.
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it’s the same answer
it’s the same answer
all along – why did i hope
to hear differently
.
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