Dennis Cardiff: Poems and Prose

space on the sidewalk

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by

D Cardiff
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there’s a space
on the sidewalk
where a smile once lived.
greetings go undelivered,
sarcasm left unsaid.

my mornings
now muted.
other lives,
many lives
mitigated.

we’ll say remember when —
but memories bring pain,
another reminder
of someone
we’ll never see
again.

…

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3 responses to “space on the sidewalk”

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    yvettemcalleiro

    So sad, Dennis! You captured grief well in this poem.

    Yvette M Calleiro :-)
    http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com

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      DennisCardiff

      Thanks for your comment, Yvette.
      Joy (not her real name) passed away ten years ago on 26 April 2013. She was a difficult person, she wouldn’t accept advice from her doctor, her probation officer, her street friends or me. I never understood why she would choose to sleep in a cardboard box, in summer and winter, behind a dumpster. I did what little I could to help her. If nothing else she knew I cared.

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        yvettemcalleiro

        And I’m sure your caring mattered. :-)

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