Room full of people
giggles and dignified laughter
many pleasantries
many more indifferences
a polite question
brusque excusal
stunned audience
embarrassed self
long meditation on what we said wrong
many marlboros
an hour of walk
no death of gentle restlessness
”winter” by múm
a flowing burn on left face
cold and surprising
but understanding and sympathasing
one tear!
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