Love in the Time of Colic by Christopher Caldwell

Long ago I stopped ________opening your stained letters Ceased striking your name from even ________the telephone book Quit fighting with petty questions ________of you Now with years between us ________your shadow appears on my door This time permanent as if traced by ________an atomic flash Hopelessly heavy like Christmas ________morning with dead sparrows ________________on the skylight

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