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Farewell!

by W. J. Turner 1889–1946

From The Dark Fire (1918)

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The warm flesh speaks against my hand and then
My friend is but a shadow down the street,
The air is very still, the houses seem
On either hand aloof and desolate:

And now the street is empty, but I stand
As though my soul had left my body here,
And I was one with this stiff furniture,
These lamp-posts and these rows of faceless brick.

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Turner, W. J. “Farewell!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/turner/26/.

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Turner, W. J. “Farewell!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/turner/26/.

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