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Diminuendo

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Author: Sean D. Layton

Sean D. LaytonJuly 21, 2019

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Diminuendo

written by: Sean D. Layton

@seandonislayton

Quiet

was never part of our repertoire.

Now we master

uncomfortable silences.

No practice needed.

Once kindred skin

now separated

by the infinite gulf

of a couch cushion.

I lied when I said it didn’t matter.

It’s years since you smiled with meaning.

A lifetime since I bludgeoned

what mattered

with feathery hammer blows

of ruinous silence.

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Sean Layton would like to publish a book at some point and figures reincarnation is his best bet. He posts a mix of cautionary tales and creative writing on his blog Tales from the Land Manatee.

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Diminuendo - July 21, 2019

“Hemmingplay,” is the pen name of Doug Stanfield, who grew up on a family farm in western Ohio, went with his parents for two years in Karachi, Pakistan, in high school and had lived, until recently, in Bellefonte, PA with his late wife, Wilda and their two sons, Ben and John. Doug was a writer, editor and director of internet communications at Penn State for 26 years. He has had a few disreputable occupations, including newspaper reporter and editor, and public relations flak, but is trying to make amends for his sins by writing poetry and fiction. When his sons were safely off making their own mistakes, he turned on the computer one day, stared at the screen, and began to learn the craft anew at age 67. Doug has published three books: "Mermaid Sisters: First Dive", a children's book; "I Came From A Place of Fireflies" and, "Snowflakes & Ashes: Meditations on the Temporary”.