First the letter, then the call
serious news—health crises
miles away.
Just a sixty-minute chat
to summarize a bond of
forty years.
A friend’s message lingers in my phone…
Your last email hides in my inbox…
I wish to release you gently,
like a child’s boat set free in a pond,
But “delete” is such a harsh word;
and a week, so little time.
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