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going on a mission

inspired by her absence
I keep the drawing room
well lit by candlelight
perusing the pages backwards
occasionally pausing
when finding something clever
or humorous or jaded

having left nary a note
nor encrypted message
I can only imagine
what destination awaits her
—lately having developed
a quasi-fixation
with anything martian





january two thousand twenty-four
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