as he passes she says his name
the way someone who knows
all of you
says your name
he is spread out for her
a prayer she reads
to the end
she knows more of him
than he will
until it’s over
he betrays her
it’s the way
he becomes the man
his father sent him
here to be
she accepts this
as into her arms
she received his oblivion
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