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Reflection Over Coffee

How quickly now
yet quietly
without a rush of wind
or forewarning
friends are gone.

How the news arrives
with a telephone ring
and day begins
seemingly the same
yet different.

Memories trip each step
to the kitchen and coffee.

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Tom Harmon has worked for nearly 50 years as an advocate for people with mental and developmental disabilities. Now retired, he continues to work periodically as a consultant in that field, but spends most of his free time enjoying life with his wife, kayaking and writing poetry.

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