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Let Me Tell You about Esme - Aug. 10, 2026

Gary Hunter

Aug 10

1 min read

a thin

reserved and bespeckled

English lady

I met for the second time

today

at Poetry Rock

who

I believe

has slipped away

with more copies of my poems

than anyone else

who I also believe

believes

if you’re kind to the world

the world

will be kind back

asked

politely

How were your mangoes this year?

I went inside

came back with three

and watched her carry

the largest and softest

the most perfectly ripe one

like a sleeping child

and

carefully walk home

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