Count days

Hasten languid hours

Keep busy

Stay active

Work, work, work

Avoid the empty house

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Count nights

Patrol abandoned rooms

Shake pillows

Check cupboards

Sit on empty bed edges

Tally lethargic sheep

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Count hours

Envisage warm reunions

Mark calendars

Plot, plan

Linger, sigh – wait

Anticipate

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Dhaka 2013