Laurence Overmire Poems

When he walked into his parents' house
He became 16 years old
Again
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Eternity
is contained
in every moment
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Have you found a way to punctuate me
To dot my "i"
To exclamate my points
To semi-colon my related ideas;
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It was a dark day
Overcast and cold
An unlikely day in the
Middle of a typically sanguine
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Let us grow old
and die together

Let time have its
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I'm starting to feel the skin sag on my face
That's not a good sign
My eyes much heavier than they used to be
The weight of troubled years
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Turn the page

and
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During the night
Dark, cold night
The sirens sounding the alarm
From a continent, invading
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The holding of her hand
Became the most significant event
of his life
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If you leave and return
after a period of years
the image of who you were is
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