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The back road to forever
is misleading in this light;
a wrong turn might take you
to places never acknowledged.
You stop, wipe your hands
on low hanging leaves
and absolve yourself
of any wrongdoing
before it even happens:
saves time, saves explaining
when the landscape shifts
into a higher gear of void.
You seek comfort in balance,
redressing old wounds
from empty battles of youth.
Some things don’t heal,
and in this setting sun
you are all of them.
Gary Glauber
Gary
Glauber is a poet, fiction writer, teacher, and former music journalist.
His works have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net
nominations. His two collections, Small Consolations (Aldrich Press) and
Worth the Candle (Five Oaks Press), and a chapbook, Memory Marries
Desire (Finishing Line Press), are available through Amazon, Barnes &
Noble, and directly from the publishers.
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Poetry