For months they would arrive at his door
like persistent detectives or debt-collectors:
discount books, clothes, copies of Esquire;
tours abroad (his passport had long expired).
We’d cream off those that caught the eye:
Saga River Cruises, Great Rail Journeys –
the last big trip you think will heal or change.
In my dream travels I’m back to the end
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