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Missing Dead Artists

Missing Dead Artists

To every resting artist who are strangers but their work introduced them to me nonetheless.

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Daniel Henderson
Apr 10, 2024
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purple flowers on brown open book
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I knew you 
like déjà vu knew
memory on the tip
of the tongue.

Still I miss you
like a heart misses
the beat during throes
of cardiac arrest.

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