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if we tiptoe in the dead
of a dark velvet
night if
we take off
our masks to go
anywhere but here
then where
shall we
say it is
and what name
shall we call it?

Shall We Vacation At Home
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Gail Walter

Deborah Barchi
1 min readMay 7, 2020

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All praise to imagination, to hopefulness, to love! I really enjoyed this lush, sensuous poem.

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Deborah Barchi

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Deborah Barchi has recently retired from her career as a librarian and now has time to read, explore nature, and write poetry and essays.

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