Six weeks, they tell me,
\nis just long enough to build a habit;
\nI listen and I act impressed.
\nThe inference here, of course,
\nis that I will soon forget the old
\nwhile at the same time I create the new. <\/p>\n
But what if these six weeks I am gifted now as a beneficence
\nremain instead filled with hungry glances to
\nyour corner, to my seat, to your grotty rug
\nas I wait to see you there? Or packed with
\nawkward pauses at an open door
\nheld ajar a single beat – a moment longer – than it ought to be
\nallowing you to walk through before I do?
\nOr the unweighted silence of my empty lap that does not
\nhave you curled, determined, purring, ammonite-like upon my knee? <\/p>\n
Because I loved you, I will still look for you;
\nand miss you in the places where you used to be.
\nSix weeks may build a habit, yes;
\nbut will not teach me to forget you and what you meant to me. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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