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Saying goodbye is an art one learns<\/div>\n
when hellos are running low.<\/div>\n
If one times it perfectly,<\/div>\n
the last goodbye means time to go.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
The greetings all run out, there comes<\/div>\n
a time the farewell’s down to one.<\/div>\n
When that’s spent, it’s evident<\/div>\n
one’s come to the end of the run.<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
In silence now, the darkness falls,<\/div>\n
there is no further sound or sight.<\/div>\n
Nothing beckons, nothing calls.<\/div>\n
One’s on the road to endless\u00a0night.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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