Reece Burka and Miss Helen enjoying a hug and a dance. (Photo by: Richard Eager)
Thoughts In Suspension 6/18/14
When she speaks to me
She brackets the silence …
A silence that grows
Between ticks of the clock
And brings us closer
To the softness of nothing
Where thoughts in suspension
Go their lazy way.
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© Reece Burka 2/1/2019
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