Once a Namesake

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Called to me-

A note resonates through the room.

Amongst echoes of booming laughter,

Whispers of unspoken gloom,

Hanging in lofty suspension.

Called to me-

A tiny tongue collects the tones.

Two large hands grip two small in one.

Higher! Higher! A shriek intones.

They pass right by; three strangers

Called to me.

No other thing I knew or shared,

Except the echo now grown still.

And as I watched her disappear,

Innocence I did not feel,

Called to me.

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