Half life

This little poem is from the vault, and was also included in my first poetry collection, Exposure, which was published by Ginninderra Press in 2003.

Half life

A half promise in his eyes,
a half-tone in his voice
and I die
in anticipation:
life seems to be
a series of deaths.

&copy Jennifer Liston 2003

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