First Rain

Francine Witte

Winner of the 2009 Pecan Grove Press National Chapbook Competition. Copyright C 2009 by Francine Witte. All Rights reserved. Cover art: “Shreds of Blue”, Copyright C 2009 by Pecan Grove Press. ISBN: 1-978-931247-61-0. Pecan Grove Press, Box AL, 1 Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78022

When a Lover Leaves

it hurts
in an old way
like a song
my mother hummed
way back, before</strong
I knew how young
she was, or even
that she had
music.

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