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Rated: E · Poetry · None · #2333643
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Conspicuous
by his absence
Entrenched
in his abeyance
Condemned
in his reluctance
All feelings
askant

Forgiveness
but a carrot
From a garden
long estranged
Those closest
to his exit point
Bereft
— and unclaimed

(Villanova University: January, 2025)
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