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balance of payment.

Was it really your fault,this devastating, crushing blow?
What was the question that laid you so low?
How does it feel ,
when memory fades
and small kindnesses receed,
to reveal merciful gaps in what used to be,
a seamless recall,  
that was renowned,
for accuracy and close attention,
To details now redundant, and spent,
judiciously,
in every bar of this one horse town ? 
©andreb