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Before Departing (Free verse) by italenrico
Quiet exhalations, incoherent murmurs
slowly pulsing vein in your temple,
pre-dawn light casting beautiful shadows
across the room, across your body.
Replacing the blankets you kicked away
in some fevered sleep long gone;
tucking you in like the child I'll never have
tender caress across your stubbled cheek.
Birdcalls from outside, and you stir;
leaning down, pressing a kiss gently
to your unlined forehead; closing
the door behind me as I leave.
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Arithmetic Mean: 6.25
Weighted score: 5.1490035
Overall Rank: 5257
Posted: April 30, 2006 1:21 AM PDT; Last modified: April 30, 2006 1:21 AM PDT
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