ALMOST

She said “goodbye” and smiled,

Her hair, face and neck beguiled…

Glimmers of  love

Denied and shoved,

Into his circular file!

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–Jonathan Caswell,

COPING WITH HER LEAVING

COPING WITH HER LEAVING

Feelings thought lost long ago

Today decided to show…

Rather than eat cake

He made a fast break,

Avoiding a sugary low.

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The lines highly inspiring

Were too much for his desiring…

Much wiser by far

An escape by car,

Not wishing the embers refiring.

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If anyone asks, they’ll know,

The secret romantic would go…

As it is, a partner’s need

Was a reason guaranteed

To tell any who might not know.

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A camera he wished he had,

One last chance to be bad…(?)

Controlled himself,

Memories would be his wealth–

No mooning over her picture for this lad!

–Jonathan Caswell