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| SALLY K. LEHMAN | ||
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Dissolution of Marriage Number One
The silences which were Comforting once Became stilted And tense. The calm voices Quarrelsome Loud and screeching. Arms fell to the sides Rather than find their Way around another. Lips Lay silent Unsmiling and still. Lastly the thoughts Turn. From sweet To temperate To the dull monotone Of day to day melancholy. A higher happiness comes From the successful Shopping trip than from. A sharper enjoyment from The television monotony. A keener feeling from A good night's sleep. The death knell can be Heard if one but Listens Beyond the Carelessness of the moment |
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| © 2003 Sally K. Lehman | ||
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More Poetry The two in the car looked too happyAnd What do the Dead Expect It's cold at first
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