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She feigns a smile
laughing all the while
at all the broken shadows
What does she recall?

A dog waits by the window watching
the words she swore she'd say
turn to embers in the flame
and slowly drift away

She counts the stitches on her wedding dress
as her eyes turn from green to grey
she waits at the door for the boy who
swore he'd be there - then slowly
turns away