Layer 455 . . . In Memorium

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Ice Cream

The last words
I heard her speak:
Ice cream.
All she wanted now,
Ice cream
Hospice
Ice cream
For this injustice
Ice scream
For her goodness
Ice cream
For her struggles
Ice scream
Her battles
Her troubles
Her asthma
Her allergies
Her stubbornness
Her dragonness
Her Yorkshireness
Ice cream
Ice cream
Her toughness
Her tenderness
Her laughter
Her passion
Her beauty
Her intelligence
Her kindness
Her pride
Her spirit
Her life well lived
Ice cream
Ice cream
Sighs
Sighs
Holding on . . .
Her blue eyes
I've seen
I scream
Ice
Seen
I dream
Breathe
Breathe
I mean . . .
I mean . . .
I
Sleep
I
Sleep . . .
It wasn't long
It wasn't long
Not long at all
Too short
Too brief
To live
To breathe
To work
To teach
To feel
To slip away.

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