By annabel
Date: 2003 May 17
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[[2003.05.17.06.00.1515]]

Mid-Life

All those happy years
Dissolved in gin and rancor

You were gone gone gone
So I turned to him for nighttalk
Hours over the miles of wires
Shared secrets jokes stories

In the garage
In the dark
I hide from your angry blows and words
I hear his voice

Gentle reader
Can you blame me?