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Sonnet for a Friend
by Yolanda Coulaz
What is this thing that causes me such pain
That burrows into breast and blood and bone
Where shell of skin and flesh and tear remain?
If not for these I would be air alone.
What is this thing that strikes, that tears apart
Each fiber, every thread of every vein?
These vessels that pump life throughout my heart
Collapse, succumb, surrender to this bane.
This germ has now infected every cell.
For loving precious beast, this price I pay.
I recognize this face; I know it well.
It shows itself each time friends fade away.
Again it plants a seed within my core.
I bid farewell to my best friend once more.
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