Poems Niederngasse
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Eric Burke
Noblesse Oblige

I panicked
 
(noise
es in the shadows
of leaves,
my thoughts
were keeping vigils
against
my coming.
You heard,
when I was standing
still,
you heard
my keeping faith with
out you)
 
Forgive me.
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Eric Burke lives and works as a computer programmer in Columbus, Ohio. He has an M.A. in Classics from The Ohio State University. 
He has  recently had work published in elimae. 
email:  Eric Burke