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If only

he’d done this or that,

would she have lived

a little happier,

endured

a little longer?

But sadly,

as he hadn’t

done this or that,

her life was

what it was;

and, all the while

as he wept,

concurrently,

ten thousand mourners

lamenting others

repented,

“If only…”

 

 

 

I.B. Rad is a widely published New York City writer. His newest chapbook, “Dancing at the Abyss” was recently published by Scars Publications.