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Life expands and collapses before me,
Stretches and waxes and wanes
     like graceful, eliding notes

Held fast

     but loose

Like an accordion,

    hung about the neck,

A twirled mustache

  And fingers sped off into mystery

And oblong gestures,

   And faint memories

written

      along

accordion creases

And Sleep

   Dangles Dreams

Along hearths

as I recall

  the moments

that led up to this one...

Like a smile,

   Drawn to slow completion,

As the movie's credits roll