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Ode to Cider<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This cider<\/p>\n

was once an apple \u2013<\/p>\n

go figure.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Round,<\/p>\n

red and green \u2013<\/p>\n

and now this.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Plucked or fell,<\/p>\n

selected or abandoned \u2013<\/p>\n

somehow,<\/p>\n

fruit found its way<\/p>\n

to my lips, my tongue.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to my head \u2013<\/p>\n

that\u2019s the highest it\u2019s been<\/p>\n

since the treetop.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Parting<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You were together once.<\/p>\n

She laughed so close to your ear<\/p>\n

you could have sworn<\/p>\n

you were the one who got the joke.<\/p>\n

And then when she got sick,<\/p>\n

how you ailed.<\/p>\n

All that bliss<\/p>\n

and now what?<\/p>\n

Your heart\u2019s gone into hiding<\/p>\n

somewhere behind your ribs.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t call anything your own.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

That\u2019s how it is<\/p>\n

when one goes and one stays on.<\/p>\n

Your punchlines, your aches,<\/p>\n

don\u2019t amount to anything.<\/p>\n

Even ghosts seem pointless.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t shudder.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t regret.<\/p>\n

You merely ask, \u201cWhere have you been?\u201d<\/p>\n

and get no answer.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Others say it\u2019s time to get on with your life.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t know what that means.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet on\u201d suggests forward motion.<\/p>\n

But your life is back there somewhere.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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