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Almost Sixty                                         

 

1

   

    No, I don’t know

    the way to get there.
       Two empty suitcases sit in the corner,
     if that’s any kind of clue.

2

    This spring night,

    everyone at the party
       younger than me
     except for one man.
        We give each other the secret password.

3

  Tears? Of course, but also the marsh grass

           near the Mississippi:
            your whispers and mine,
     and the dog’s long contented sighs.

                                 Jim Moore

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