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Visiting Old Friends at Stoplights
With maybe enough money
to make it to Los Angeles,
I hoped he had enough to stay
ahead of the monsters he knew well.
The ones that had him on the run
somewhere around Bakersfield,
where I last heard from him.
All these years later, with struggles of my own,
I sometimes smile to myself, thinking
I might see him again someday, healed,
while I wait for the corner light to change.
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Lavender
Mon, 2024-01-22 19:06
Visiting Old Friends at Stoplights
Hello, Michael,
Can't tell you how many times I've visited such old friends - whether they are really there or not. Nice poem.
Thank you!
L
Michael Anthony
Wed, 2024-01-24 18:00
Thank you L! Happens all the
Thank you L! Happens all the time for me!
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Michael Anthony
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Wed, 2024-01-24 15:43
Exactly!
I often wonder what she would be like now with all the trouble she went through in her life. I'll see her at that sudden stop, that's our life after the days of hanging out at The Willows, before we grew apart.
Pleasure Mike,
Mark
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Michael Anthony
Wed, 2024-01-24 18:01
Thanks for the visit Mark!
Thanks for the visit Mark! Wondering the same things about a few lost friends.
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Michael Anthony