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The Town

Morning. 

Again. 

The fear creeps in, like the 

road noise and the chatter and the 

banging of pans from the other room.

 

So much space between the earth 

and the sky.

 

Empty cold air.

 

No darkness to nestle 

under.

No you.

 

These moments are the hardest; the 

cold 

cold light of day.

 © 2026 by Phil Barber. 

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