Amor

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Back when I thought I knew sadness

even heartbreak

used to be romantic, I would

Think of the moon and 

The sun, all that cosmic dance of

Dualities, and

other lovely things,

analogies, that made 

what passed for pain

full of meaning.

Now, heartbreak is

as empty as the crib in my mind

And what I could have done

To fill it. 

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