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Free Verse · Love

Lights Out

by The QuillOak Editors

1Goodnight to the book left open on your chest,

2to the lamp you always mean to switch off,

3to the last thing you say, which is never quite a word.

4I turn off the lamp. I put the book away.

5I keep the last thing.

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Poem
Lights Out
Poet
The QuillOak Editors
Length
5 lines
Form
Free Verse, Short Poems
Themes
Love, For Her, Short

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QuillOak originalLights Out, authored for QuillOak by The Quillery
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Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
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