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@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ New time of return: never.
 A wife (on a technicality)
 on the lawn (hers?)
 out back (quietly)
-in shock (tears: not yet).
+in shock (tears: not just yet).
 
 A house. Silent and aging, rotting deck boards,
 and a dog with searching eyes.