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IF YOU LEAVE, PLEASE TURN OFF THE LIGHTS


Because I do not

have the impetus to do it myself


I will leave the bulbs

burning bright


and diligently change

them when they expire


I will bankrupt myself

mentally

physically

financially

to keep them on


a lighthouse

warning others away

from these jagged rocks


but to you a beacon

guiding you

back home


so if you have

no intention

of returning

then please

turn them off

before you go

because

I never will.


By Martin Applebee

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