Before Thereafter
“Why”
said the river,
refusing to run
“The mountain’s
on fire,
snow all but gone
“Beginning
or ending,
truth is the same
“The start
in the finish
—loss in the gain”
(The New Room: November, 2021)
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Submitted by sage48 on November 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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