Hanque O . . . - Condolences

There was a lot of hugging.

With each hug
came a unique sense of emotion
and physicality.

At the same time,
as the numbness wore off
came an objectivity

of the torso being hugged:
the muscular, the thin,
the stooped, the trembling,

the indifferent.

Hanque O . . .

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