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meditations on decline

a poem about forgetting

By Paige HollowayPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
meditations on decline
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sunday morning

starched white intruder

food lukewarm tasteless gr██l

vitals and go█d memory tablets

newspaper from the future

in wrinkled hands disconnected

window's light is all wr█ng

not dancing on the wheat fields

prepare to welcome guests

amish farm table familiar to my touch

heirloom furniture t██ close

four corners closing in

peeling wallpaper calling out

my name, one of m█ny

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thumb and finger pull back layers

as if turning bible pages

1\olive and khaki vines

how could █ war be great

no more peace on earth

2\buttermilk floral spanish flu

jaundiced child’s face

pray ███ empty pews

3\obsidian crash

everything ████

except farm and family

fed dandelion roots

4\russet and sand

sepia t█ned oxygen in the lungs

prairie sky gone d███

5\insignia grey

men all gone to ██████

wrapped in blood soaked rags

6\farmhouse r ed

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hello i l█ve you too

m█ther, ███ look so young

too young; sister██daughter██

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gr███daughter

gr█at gr█ndda██hter

lost ███ hundred years

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ris p eel ing

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Paige Holloway

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  • HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)3 years ago

    Deep❤️😉💯

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