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May These Phantoms Quit Me

Memories of those I hate
Or hated
Still walk into the room some evenings
Looking, somehow, as shocked to see me
As I am angry to see them
Their faces are blurred by time in my poor memory
But where they’re absent in detail
Their energy persists

Vile

I face them in my mind’s eye
Some I may wish healing, from a distance
On others, I wish only death or misery 

May they rot

May these phantoms quit me once and for all  
And leave me in peace

February 17 – 20, 2025

Published inPoetryFree Verse

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