Gender Leave Taking Tears Poem by Terence George Craddock

women may embrace
privately publicly tears
flowing men a handshake

a quick hug or step back
choked with emotion show
no emotion a single tear

the odd tears
to remove or leave
if a tear there

or if embracing
an older man dying?
tears flowing

manly men do not embrace
indulge lightly in public shows
of emotion openly expressed


Terence George Craddock (Afterglows Echoes Of Starlight)
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