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Preoccupied with work he rarely made it to the gym downtown
So he had the tailor let his trousers out just one more round
A C.P.A. who rarely spoke
Who never seemed to get the joke

His wife she never thought to mind, she had her charities and balls
He let her dress him up sometimes and went with her to banquet halls
He tried to smile, he tried to please
He tried to hide his deep unease

One night at Hilton House he dined alone avoiding pleasantries
An angel smiled his way and asked if he would like some company
He barely breathed, she prattled on
She liked big men, that turned her on

She took his hand, he took a room, he couldn't think why he'd been blessed
She unbuttoned all the buttons placed his hand upon her yielding breast
He almost cried, this empty stone
The kindest gift he'd ever known

She was so beautiful
The softest skin, the swelling arc
The valleys deeper than your heart
She was so beautiful
To yearn, to ache, to melt inside
To fall into the great divide

They carried on for several years, she never needed ecstasy
The money wasn't all that steep, he paid her bills and law school fees
He'd come for lunch, then quick to bed
Rush back to work, she'd shake the spread

She passed the bar, he bought a gift, but found she'd left without a trace
He wandered through the empty rooms with tears cascading down his face
He found a sock behind a door
And cherished it for evermore
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The years passed on in memory and then one day the cancer struck
He tried the net but couldn't find her, no way to get back in touch
The chemo failed, the cancer spread
He withered in the snow-white bed

His wife could only wonder at the sock clutched in his bony fist
He never said good-bye to her just shriveled up, he wasn't missed
And hiding from the endless pain
Just one last memory remained
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