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Last Night I Heard the Voices of the Dead

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Edited by Richard Walker, Sunday, 30 Jul 2017, 00:24

Last night I heard the voices of the dead

They were not as bats squeaking but as I remembered them.

The dead did not stretch out their hands to me

They were quite matter of fact and did not realize I was still alive.

(If they had I doubt they would have blamed or even cared.)

The dead did not whisper but called out my name, suddenly

And it rang in my heart and my head

Like the sea roaring in the shells I found on the beach.

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