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all the ghosts

of all the good people

we never got to know

meet with all the sunsets

we never got to watch

where they dance and sing

beyond time and dreams

if we stop and listen

we can hear them

even in everyday forgetfulness

they whisper a remembrance

of all that was good in them

and all that is good in us

through all that is bad

they are with us still

to be haunted by them

is life’s embrace

all its love and hope

thoughts and sunsets

we must return this embrace

and never let go

Peter Buknatski

Montpelier, Vt.