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Free Verse Poem: {Erased}

July 20, 2024
By YourLocalArea51Alien DIAMOND, Limassol, Other
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*insert funny quote*

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I'd rather not know.
I'd rather cling to the past:
to your feathery touch
and to your every smile and lie,
to how your skin felt
on mine

because I know
her touch lingers longer than mine,

because I know
she'll leave no trace of me behind

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The author's comments:

*Version 2 (I'm currently going through the process of editing old poems of mine that I'm not satisfied with and wanted to delete.)

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