the thoughts
unspoken
the lady aged
by
Bob MacKenzie
the mouth the same
and the eyes
she sat
across from me
watching
the years
two no
longer
you who
following me
following from
sanctity
paused
picked up
fifty or
so to add
to your
twenty three
years
whitened
bones brittle
hair dry
skin the
mouth the same
eyes watching
me watching
her eyes on
me
lost
in thought
the eyes
the same
tears welling
her stop
near me
wishing
to speak
and you
her gone
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