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Hold...

In Four, our Five...

By Kendall Defoe Published 3 years ago 1 min read
Hold...
Photo by Everton Vila on Unsplash

Hold...and let a hand

Be in your grip; five by five.

One beat; one body.

It does...

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Kendall Defoe

Teacher, reader, writer, dreamer... I am a college instructor who cannot stop letting his thoughts end up on the page. No AI. No Fake Work. It's all me...

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  • Katherine D. Graham2 years ago

    you captured it!

  • Nice! 😊💕

  • Rob Angeli2 years ago

    Lovely!

  • Touch indeed does have a memory! Loved your Haiku!

  • Jay Kantor3 years ago

    Thanks for the memory 'Touch' - I forgot -

  • Dana Stewart3 years ago

    You conveyed a lot in few words. Very nice!

  • Mackenzie Davis3 years ago

    Gorgeous. I love how much this says in so few words. As Sonia said, that last line is just sublime. "Touch has a memory." One of my favorite quotes of all time.

  • Short and sweet indeed! The Last line is moving.

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