22// Why Was Hatter Going?
It was Hatter’s last night so we all decided we would celebrate. Drinking, eating, sleeping in the warmth of our laughter and embraces. Sneaking around like dormice we ransacked another cell which was much better off than we were. Cheshire and I got along just fine. The Tweedles were as funny as ever. And March Hare kept to herself mostly, yet still managed to enjoy in the treats of our rebellion.
But then I was standing on the road
staring out after The Mad Hatter
as he strode away
Why was he leaving us?
Why was Hatter going?
Did he not like it here?
Had he run out the sentence of his crime?
Suddenly there was a hole in my heart that I thought had been filled before he had arrived. A space in me that I had never known he had made up. But now he was gone and I noticed. Oh to the heavens and back to Marmoreal, I noticed.
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