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  >> Static Item >> Poetry >> Romance/Love >> ID #1625116  |   Show DetailsPrinter Friendly Page Tell A Friend
Keys of Memory
Absent Love
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                                       The chair at my desk, the keyboard,
                                       And my thought of what pulls me there—
                                       Wounds of what’s here and of what’s gone
                                       Echo the tap throughout the room,
                                       Hollow sounding its way to found.

                                       Sounds pour from an empty teapot
                                       Into an overflowing cup,
                                       Memories scented with lemon
                                       Overpower the sweet honey,
                                       A tea party with one setting.

                                       Scalding my mouth, the cold cup tips
                                       Spilling onto the tapping sound
                                       Keeping time for the day’s weeping—
                                       A wake for what I can’t forget,
                                       And resurrected with keystroke.

                                       When what never was comes to life
                                       It carries nothingness in sight
                                       To reflect back recollections
                                       To what is—from what never lived,
                                       All of it floating in spilled tea.

                                       With the strike of the last letter
                                       I will take a towel to the mess,
                                       All will look as it did before.
                                       I will sit and stare at my lie
                                       Knowing well that you spill from me,
                                       And I’ll never wipe you away.




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