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Her diary falls

opening to the page

... seems silly now.

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Yellowing pages
fallow rages
burn ... burn ... burn

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Turn ... turn
pages meant for you
turn ... turn ... turn

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June fourth:
but words and winds
... had other plans.

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Words wept
written skeletal and kept -
fossilized moments, slept.

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Pocketed open wounds -
paper, pen
quarter, two nickels, a wrapper.

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