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It’s There

by elizabeth-balise

It’s there— in our goodbye in that last glance back across the heat reflecting from the roof Your car between us The door is open and your wounded soul He’s dead at 21— I know you loved him I overdose this moment Paralyzed our eyes— go on forever
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Aug 27, 2016
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His name was Jean. He died on his 21st birthday of an accidental overdose. My daughter 's first love. She wrote of him recently, "Jean's birthday today.... What a different world without him."

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