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Poem

I cannot
and I will not
No, I cannot love you less
Like the flower to the butterfly
The corsage to the dress

She turns my love to dust
my destination empty
my beliefs scattered: Diaspora!

Who set this course – and why?
Now my wings beat –
without purpose
Yet they speed………….

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