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Apr 2015
when those leave
who have always been with us
we halt
   our step
and let our thoughts
    go quiet

as if we
   in our young years' busy-ness
could comprehend

or steal a glance
   over their shoulders
of that distant world
whereto
in due course
we will follow

only to see
how far ahead
they will forever be

          * *
Walter W Hoelbling
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Walter W Hoelbling  Austria & Spain & UK & US
(Austria & Spain & UK & US)   
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