Poetry Journal Feb. 18, 2024
If a picture tells a thousand words, then the picture of her amid all those people she calls friends sends a message to someone that she is not alone in the world, a member of a tribe, people she can rely on to help her in need, though in the end, she will be leaving them behind, making one small joke about one of those whose face appears in the photo as if he head is attached to her shoulder, and thus will be with her on her long trip north, at least, in spirit – all this to suggest she has friends and may be more after she move, a somewhat sad take in which she says everything except that actual words “good bye, as sad a tale in some ways as her tale of how she won’t be able to ride the horse she just rented, her world changing again – forever.
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