gradual pull
we live in a vacuum
the suction excruciatingly slow
you don’t ever notice
at least not when you’re alive
and in good health
it’s like a reverse form of gravity
picking away at the skin
eventually bone
it’s how a stone’s face
reinvents itself time & again
what’s lost is unlikely lost
simply misplaced
like a memory or birthday wish
tugging on your hemline
temporarily elusive
may two thousand twenty-four
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I think elusive works for allusive too.
You’re absolutely right!