Ago
it was so long ago
wasn’t it?
way back when?
back in the days
when we lay on the hood
of the pontiac
and searched for the pleiades
you and me and a handful of stars
younger then
and ageless
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This poem was originally published in Threnodies: poems of remembrance by
Laurence Carr, published by Codhill Press (2016)
Laurence Carr is the publisher of Lightwood.
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