<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=440066" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Not There</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He wasn't absent! <br>He was just not there.<br>He was the kind to prioritize<br>His own affairs.<br>Often he was defended...<br>By a mother who pretended, <br>He was just away on 'leave'<br>And will return when that purpose ended! <br>But those in his care, <br>Felt he was the one not aware.<br>He was not there...<br>And that is all they knew! <br>Unless he was a magician? <br>And 'that' he wasn't around, <br>To deny or prove! <br>He wasn't absent! <br>He was just not there.<br>To watch, <br>Or to lay...<br>A footprint down on the ground!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=440066" data-title="Not There de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="He wasn't absent! He was just not there. He was the kind to prioritize His own affairs. Often he was defended... By a mother who pretended, He was just away on 'leave' And will return when that purpose ended! But those in his care, Felt he was..."></div> </div> </div>

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