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Book of poems written for the second and third years of the Promptly Poetry Challenge.
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Forgiveness
Forgiveness

Forgive and forget, I’ve heard it said,
and pardon is for giving,
a second chance before you’re dead
and freedom for the living.

Harder to say what you receive
if forgetting is for getting,
to lose the deed that did aggrieve
seems reckless and abetting.


Line count: 8
Rhymed abab
For Promptly Poetry Challenge, Week 24 2022
Prompt: Forgiveness.
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