If a picture tells
a thousand words,
then the picture of her
amid all those people
she calls friends
sends a message
to someone that she is
not alone in the
world,
a member of a tribe,
people she can rely on
to help her in need,
though in the end,
she will be leaving them behind,
making one small joke
about one of those
whose face appears
in the photo as if his head
is attached to her
shoulder,
and thus will be with
her
on her long trip north,
at least, in spirit –
all this to suggest
she has friends
and may be more
after she moves,
a somewhat sad take
in which she says
everything except the actual words
“good bye, as sad a tale
in some ways as her tale
of how she won’t be able
to ride the horse she just rented,
her world changing again – forever.
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