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Forgotten

By Jennifer DeMott
Like cream skimmed off
the top—
foam
running
down the sides and I
am left,
rich residue
wasted
at the bottom
just to be
wiped up later
and suddenly
nobody
knows
where
I
am.

Source: Poetry (February 2021)
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