How I Leave (Poem)

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What do I carry when I go

I’ve emptied my heart a vestigial remnant

Thrown it to wind

It entangles in the branches of a tree

A squirrel uses it to cache winter’s nuts

Useful for something

It weighed me down with grief

I’ve emptied my mind a burdensome illusion

Left it beside the road

It splinters into glittery shreds

A crow uses one to search for grubs

Useful for something

It lead me astray in confusion

Those two the heaviest items

I walk more easy

No love hate other distractions

No memories dreams other falsehoods

With each step I discard more

Dropping eyes ears tongue

Followed by head hands arms legs torso

I am nothing now going still

Then going then nothing then

Still

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