Thursday, September 18, 2014

sticky with parting..........................

You lean with one arm out 
against the porch post,
your big hand cupping its curve,
shy of that handshake
we both know is coming.
And when we've said enough,
when the last small promises
begin to repeat, your eyes
come to mine, and then
you offer your hand,
dusted with chalk from the post,
and sticky with parting.

-Ted Kooser,  Goodbye

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