by Jake Romm
Some come with lilies,
the sun bearing violets.
Dressed in black,
withered, a man.
On his cloth
a pinkish stain.
A crow, then:
gathering,
narrow,
wood.
A heaving, then:
a heaving.
Less time for old times
Now. Less time, then—
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Jake Romm is a New York City based writer and the associate editor of Protean Magazine.
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