Linger

A. Roxanne McLeod

It's something in your speech,
Allusive and undefined,
Just out of my reach.
Something that lurks in your mind,
Sometimes I do not want to find.
That thing that makes you,
Different and new,
I could get it, and pin it down with my finger.
Study it, that thing hidden that is you.
Watch it and hope it would linger
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