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His New Partner

he went home for the weekend

on a trial run before his release

wife, welcome with open arms

love and tenderness and peace

 

soon she changed acted strange

face turned to bones and wrath

body sank into itself, a shadow,

clothes turned to stinking cloth

 

she taunted him and sniggered

old issues raised painful heads

conflict in his mind, confusion,

they ended i...

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