Had been a stupendous
And tremulous occasion
Joe thought he was not the first
But that did not matter
For what Joe had learnt
In such a short
Yet delirious space of time
Would last him
For far more than this lifetime
She had left
Before the morning light
Without a sound
Without a goodbye
But she had left Joe her legacy
And on the coffee table
She had left something else
Joe did not notice...
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