Archive-name: Poetry/4joann.txt

Archive-author: Ariel Witch

Archive-title: For JoAnn M.

      



 Hands folded in repose,

 your flowing hair

 a gentle, golden frame

 for the silent serenity

 of your face.

 Your eyes closed lightly

 and a faint smile

 gracing your mouth.

 Looking somehow

 as if only asleep.



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