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Terminal lucidity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2023

Tarek Zieneldien*
Affiliation:
College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Abstract

Type
Poetry
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press.

How graceful is life
To have granted us
One last dance
On this cold November night

After weeks of watching
Your drained body
Through a frosted window
We connected again

You laid your gentle lips
On my forehead
And made me promise
I had eaten that day

Competing interests

The author declares no conflicts of interest.