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What an odd expression -

not gone for bad

or gone for ever,

but gone for good.

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Yes.

Explosive, expansive,

radiant, reckless,

magnanimous, marginalized,

blatant, latent,

dear, disingenuous Jodi

finally took all of her medicine

like a good little girl

- and although it is not good

that she is gone -

she is nevertheless gone for good.



But what IS this good

for which she has gone?

Something to receive

or achieve

or retrieve?



No.

“Good” I believe

is  who, what, when, where, why

and how Jodi is now –



at one

with such blinding love

that young souls

must bear burdens

vast enough

to cast shields of shade,

so that they can go for good

without losing their way.