A Similar Dither
Hearts are stopping
faster than usual among
people I know
and people I don’t
married to other people
I know who live
an ocean away.
Emails, phone calls,
doorbells, letters,
obits bring the news.
Nothing to do but look
in the mirror and know
some day my heart
will stop and start
tears and jeers.
Donal Mahoney
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