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August 12, 2024

My Past

Rene Mullen

You have passed. You passed. You are
passed. You are past. You are beyond
not being on the phone into not being.

Passed on farther than me when I left to
leave the pain behind. Leaving did me
right as I passed state lines I never met

before passing past overpasses looking
past my passed mistakes. You are
what can never be undone. My past is past pain

peeling off skin. Like deja vu, a seizure
caesura seeing you waving goodbye
as I pass your past passing. You are