Hope? What is it to her?
She presses the top of her walking stick
as if it is the “hope”, personified.
Count the number of the thud of its strokes
on the gravel path back to home.
So long is the way to the hope. Ask her.
The lamp on the table lights up. She won’t
have the power. Perhaps the electric-bulbs
will eradicate the allure of hope.
She looks to
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