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Gabeba Baderoon

The Art of Leaving

The Art of Leaving

The Art of Leaving

The warmth is leaving
your shirt, hanging
over the back of the chair.  Slowly
it is giving back everything
it had of yours.
Gabeba  Baderoon

Gabeba Baderoon

(Zuid-Afrika, 1969)

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The Art of Leaving

The warmth is leaving
your shirt, hanging
over the back of the chair.  Slowly
it is giving back everything
it had of yours.

The Art of Leaving

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