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Against Longing

By Saoirse Pira

 

It’s what they always say

about that least expecting;

when my suitcase is packed

and that ticket burns a hole—

 

It’s the edge of goodbye

and it’s you, then it’s me

throwing lemons back at life.

Anyway, farewell is tired

 

so let’s pretend beginning:

Say a prayer to Saint Anthony

take my luck and lose it,

lay it all out there for me. 

 

It’s thin skin, I’m easy tender—

when it finds me, I’ll be kind

and a love that’s not my love

is playing gentle on my mind. 

 

 

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