That One Thing Cynthia Leslie-Bole you wait for that one thing suspecting you’ve lost it though you’ve never owned it never even glimpsed it nor had the chance to touch it you wait searching in your heart as though rifling through a purse in search of the keys to the kingdom you wait as cups

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