Yesterday I thought I
Must flee this earth
To escape the memory of you
And yet today, as I am living still,
You are the vaguest
Of my memories
A common thing among my early pleasures
A thorn among my treasures.
(5/23/61)
Dorothy (Alves) Holmes
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