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<td>Fwd: FW: poem for Critique group two 1-27-22</td>
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<td>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:17:49 -0600</td>
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<td>Alice Massa <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:alicejmassa@gmail.com"><alicejmassa@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td>Sun, 9 Jan 2022 11:41:32 -0600</td>
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<td>Valerie Moreno <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
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Grieftalk<br>
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I'm sorry,<br>
so sorry for your loss.<br>
I feel the pain cavern<br>
behind your words, tears--<br>
understanding I can't change it,<br>
fix i, so,<br>
I will listen--<br>
a witness to your shattered heart--knowing platitudes don't
comfort,<br>
assumptions and presumptions are<br>
empty walls, pity only sighs.<br>
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Yes, I will listen,<br>
not interjecting, to each word, feeling and sob,<br>
knowing so well the anialation of loss.<br>
<br>
Valerie Moreno<br>
Standing in the lonely light of the silver moon<br>
looking over maps of memories for the road...<br>
-Michael Nesmith<br>
1942-2021<br>
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