LARRY HIRSHBERG

 

Ways To Say Goodbye

The geese are on the ice
And the horses are headed for the barn
The wood is on the fire
And the smoke is curling upwards toward the stars

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Complication solid 'til the spring
Broken arms embracing everything
Everything is clear except the sky
Remembering the ways to say goodbye

In the woods down by the river
Silence fills the spot where lovers sat
Putting on another sweater
Turning down the lonely thermostat

Chorus

In between two cities
On a frozen road where distance spends the night
A ghostly wisp of snow
Illuminating what is lost in my headlights

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