My friend asked me why
I would every now and then
give my brow a sympathetic touch
and for no apparent reason heave a sigh
for she'd never seen a person sigh so much
as if somewhere inside me
I nursed a million hidden pains
and they were trying to exhale.

But with that uncharmed question,
she sank the hooked irony -
having inadvertently to my collection 
of non-apparent-reasons
added yet
another reason
so I turned away
and sighed again.

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