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Note to Self

Take the picture
from the desk
and put it
in the drawer. 
It was true
to a moment
that was before,
but now as 
lightning unzips
the sky and now
as the moon
is wholly new
you are no longer
the one the camera knew
with smile aslant
and lashes half-mast
in dreamy fringe.
It’s okay to cry,
to want to grasp--
it’s so human to want
to frame the past
and then attach it
to the fridge or set
it shrine-like on the shelf. 
It is not so sad,
tell yourself, 
to put the image away. 
Notice how
much more you 
look out the window. 
Notice how much 
more you look
at the vase.
And who is
doing the looking?
If sadness comes,
invite it for tea
and drink the dark
cup together. Take 
turns sipping, take
your time. You’ll
reach the bottom
soon enough. 


—Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
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