I can’t believe I’ve lost your touch
You touch me still but not as much
The touch that once was close to heart
Is now the touch moves us apart.
David J. Regan
East Hampton
This poem was submitted as part of a writing assignment for the Poetry Rising group that meets at the Hampton Bays Library: “Write a four-line poem, using a specific word, chosen randomly from a bag, in each line of the poem — Ed.
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