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Mike Essig
Poems
Jan 2016
Not Quite Gone
Those lost in war
are mostly
gone for good,
but sometimes
their ghosts pry
my ears open
and softly
weep into them.
I can only listen
and wonder,
why not me?
~mce
Written by
Mike Essig
Mechanicsburg, PA
(Mechanicsburg, PA)
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