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Life's Attrition |
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Another friend has gone,
and I sigh a bit more.
I
can't help but feel just
a little vulnerable, a
bit
achy and heart sore.
Youth's immortality, too,
is
gone � victim of a long
ago war... swallowed up
by
jungle paths and drowned
in rice paddies.
Echoes
of indelible friendships
sound down the years. I
wonder, should I indulge
myself the dubious comfort
of
a few tears?
Is it possible that one day,
all I've
have left are the
memories of those eternal
ties for
comfort? Will I
be the last?
Lord knows I never
wanted
to be part of a war tontine.
No, no last toasts
for me...
I will keep them here, safe
within for
eternity. |
By Thurman P. Woodfork
Copyright 2005
Listed
February 7, 2011 |
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