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Cliche exercise: Living proof

by  Paul Isthmus

Posted: Thursday, March 23, 2006
Word Count: 63
Summary: Not sure if living proof is a cliche, but it's certainly a well worn phrase.




The thousand changes in you
since we were last together,
from the freckle on your shoulder
to the way your body turns
at my calling of your name,
are changes that are secret.
I wonder whether you’re still
living proof I cannot hold to
though I have lived in wonder
and wandered by the time-worn river
by St Paul’s cathedral
without thinking anything.