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I Would Like to Say

I would like to say

I was just visiting


that I had somewhere else

to be where I belonged


a secret place other

than this constant vigil


I would like to say

this was a pleasant trip


that it is time to go

back home again


but none of that is true

I have no where to go


and loneliness is all

that happiness is not

(June 21, 2024)