Leaving Last Poem by Ray Mather

Leaving Last



Then
You were gone
Leaving only that
Space
Where you had been sitting
A moment ago
And an empty glass
Your red lips
Still pressed to the rim

© Ray Mather 1989

Ray Mather
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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