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Days

The days are longer now—
close-up view of a melancholy female face on a sculpture
Photo by Francesco Ungaro / Unsplash

Days

The days are longer now—
so slow that each seems sure
to never end.

They’ve also lost their names—
there is no count of them
that sums to seven.

What brought the world to this?
The simple dearth of light
now that you’re gone?


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