Good-bye

from godbwye (1570s), itself a contraction of God be with ye (late 14c.)

We like to think of life

as episodes –
but episodes are magic
thinking, sinking:

done – foregone –

as quickly as begun.
The scheme
of narrative won’t hold.

Although hello

is nice to hear
and sadness may ensue
when you or I effect

to disappear

and say good-bye,
sequence is a dream,
my dear. All is here.








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