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Steps Traced and Retraced

Cause and Effect and Cause

By Gerard DiLeoPublished 3 months ago 1 min read
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Steps Traced and Retraced
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I'm looking forward to follow our trails

But looking askance to know when love fails

Uncertain degrees of dissertation

Love is taught in special education

Still in our hearts

We think those thoughts

Going nowhere when it fractured

I must now be living backward

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About the Creator

Gerard DiLeo

Retired, not tired. In Life Phase II: Living and writing from a decommissioned Catholic church in Hull, MA. Phase I: was New Orleans (and everything that entails).

https://www.amazon.com/Gerard-DiLeo/e/B00JE6LL2W/

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran3 months ago

    Living backward. That resonated so deeply with me. Loved your poem!

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