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I never got to say goodbye, never got to touch your hand— so many times I tried— I try. You evaded me, you were so sly, clowning about with your band— I never got to say goodbye. My father called to tell me why, his voice hollow, canned— So many times I tried— I try. That final day I began to cry— my mother’s tears run on command— I never got to say goodbye. There was not one dry eye, “Let go”— I hear a man demand— So many times I tried— I try. Even now, I wish to fly, To say ‘this was not the plan’— I never got to say goodbye, So many times I tried— I try.
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May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 at 3:29 PM UTC
Villanelle
I never got to say goodbye, never got to touch your hand— so many times I tried— I try. You evaded me, you were so sly, clowning about with your band— I never got to say goodbye. My father called to tell me why, his voice hollow, canned— So many times I tried— I try. That final day I began to cry— my mother’s tears run on command— I never got to say goodbye. There was not one dry eye, “Let go”— I hear a man demand— So many times I tried— I try. Even now, I wish to fly, To say ‘this was not the plan’— I never got to say goodbye, So many times I tried— I try.
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May 30, 2014
May 30, 2014 at 3:29 PM UTC
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