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All at Once

All at Once

heard a preacher man say,

“Love is about responsibility …”

years since that sermon

still nodding my head

for words are just that

it’s the extended hand

not having to be asked

that room full of boxes,

and you picking one

that closet full of clothes

and you going through the motions, suit and tie

that letter he never read,

the one you wrote him and read aloud

picking up his last paycheck

closing his accounts

telling the caller, he’s dead

“Love is about responsibility …”

TL

 

Published inTamiko Lowery