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Roses on the Table

Roses on the table
And my heart’s to-go
Packed up in a Safeway hot tray bag
Enough for the road but not forever

Eat it before you go
That you might hold me
And take me with you
Close enough to the heart

Give me another moment—
Fleeting as it is, to be with you
And I’ll tell you things long lost to time
How to let go with clenched hands