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Two Weeks On.(Poem)

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| May 01, 2008 | Page, Geoff | COPYRIGHT 2008 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

 
TWO WEEKS ON 
HMP 1914-2007 
 
   Each, time, it was the "last goodbye" ... 
   that slight wave as we drove away, 
   the talk all "done with" now, 
 
   your sense of something to get back to. 
   And now; at 92, it's happened. 
   The smile I souvenired on leaving 
 
   just two neat weeks ago 
   still plays the optic nerve: 
   you there in your dressing gown, 
 
   seated by the ward's high bed 
   and on your "best behaviour"; 
   your head just tilted slightly, weighted 
 
   with some small acceptance. 
   Your ...

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