Bespeak of Her Wisdom

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 Bespeak of Her Wisdom
My phone went bleak on her call
and my heart creaks to the walls of distance
towering between my future and now;
but in cold absence of humor, the lips grin
to the bespeak of her antique wisdom.
 I.J. Kalia

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