Long-time by Daniel Petersonits been so long since weve been,
that its almost too painful to fill in
all the details
artificially for the sake of one conversation,
and so we wait,
and then we graduate
to sadness
02/27/2003 Author's Note: This poem was inspired by the oddly intriguing Franz Wright and his book The Beforelife.
Posted on 04/24/2003 Copyright © 2024 Daniel Peterson
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