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For the Last Time - Feb. 24, 2025

  • Gary Hunter
  • Feb 24, 2025
  • 1 min read

my dead peach tree

sawed into pieces

hard as peach pits

no smell of peaches

just a hiss as it burns

in peach-colored flames

 

after tonight

I’ll never mention

that tree again

 
 
 

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