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Loitering
I.B. Rad
Yesterday,
they hugged
pledging, “See you soon,”
accompanied
by bouncy waves
and gay good-byes
until, next day, each bemoaned
the other’s ‘fading fast;’
then, dispirited
by her own decline, both
uncomfortably wondered
who’ll stick around
for another visit?