by Peter Foote

Published in Issue No. 266 ~ July, 2019

Close

is a word that means

a position very near

to something, maybe someone,

intimate,

familiar.

 

Close is also another word

that means

to exclude, deny

a place

or

space

once occupied.

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Peter is a 71 year old male who left Poughkeepsie New York for south Florida in 1966 believing he was an incurable romantic. Has painted and written sporadically ever since and this affliction has persisted despite admonitions from friends and family.