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[aid] => mick
[title] => Dinner at Dusk
[time] => 2009-04-02 12:31:34
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[bodytext] => I watch you serve the casserole Your arms as thin and bare as wires Weak and unsteady beneath the weight of the spoon Wincing in response to the uneasy sound of clinking glass You set the table for two In this moment, I'm scared because I know you've forgotten I'm here Orange rays illuminate the dust that floats carelessly in the shafts of light As they pivot at dusk Revealing the moss green tie he left draped Over the back of his empty chair And I've heard them state that you rewash his clean laundry And cook his favorite meals And I've heard them say that you don't know he's dead Despite the fact that you bought a bundle of bananas for him Untouched, because he loved them and you never liked the texture Is any of this true? You carefully divide the portions amongst the two plates Knowingly smiling at the air above his vacant seat "The tie he left on the chair that day was blue and not green." For you, I'll tell them everything is fine [comments] => 2 [counter] => 198 [topic] => 75 [informant] => daniella [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 5 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => anguished )
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