Stop, 2006

This is where I stop
and wait.

You know where I'm 
going, to a quiet place
with all of you there.

This is where I stop
and wait, for you.

Will you wait for me?
I don't know what these 
hallow walls hold for me,
where they go.

I stopped for you.
I stopped for me.
I stopped for all of them too.

This is where I stop
and wait.

Don't sit too close–
I bite. I twist and
turn, over. Popping
out all over again.

Let me gather all 
my things, let me  
say thank you and 
leave. Let me slip away.

Let me say forever.
And I dig for good.
Next time, we'll go.

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