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Apology

by Mainon A Schwartz

I am so sorry that I was not there
to keep you from plunging headlong into misery,
from coating yourself so thickly with decrepitude
that you forgot it could be stripped away.

I blame myself for being unable to sense that you were drowning,
swallowing great hemlock-laced draughts of despair
even as you smiled and laughed at yourself in crowded rooms.

There were gashes below the waterline, and I alone
should have known to dive beneath the surface
to save you from this sinking.

04/26/2004

Posted on 04/26/2004
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