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“I carry her in pockets now a photo folded too many times the last text asking if I’m okay her favourite lipstick shade still uncapped and every song that dares to say her name in tune.”

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“But the river. The river keeps its grief. To hide what was never meant to surface. It remembers the way the world shifted, how hands once tossed a coin and whispered promises, leaving the air heavy with words no one ever heard.”

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