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eternity’s edge
In a green metal bed on the edge of eternity, her long white braid rests in her lap. Its end returns to days she had a kitchen, a husband, a fullness of life, a daughter. Now she’s left with nothing...
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river dream
The river’s tumbling current pulls me deep into a turbulent dream where I snatch glimpses of a girl snagged on branches like so much debris. I wake trembling, disconcerted by the river eating children...
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raining angels
Your secret touch eases the clatter in my mind, feeding crocuses down to the flowering sound of stillness— where your hands open windows that color the marrow of our grief as rain swings in with its...
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Niagara
Edward Hopper House at Dusk Niagara roars beneath her cement window eating the night with its powerful mist barreling thunder, escapading cascades. Her constant companion, the river washes over the...
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Visiting Heaven
When I arrive in Virginia, I sing to the graves of my ancestors resting in the grasses of Northside Park. Over hedges, children race in gunnysacks and sail in swings. The monkeys are gone, but their...
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Lake Vermilion Vacation
for Len Missing link No honeymoon No one-on-one Sans kid, sans time Marrow to marrow Bow to stern Under stars, under moon You navigate me I navigate you Loons pitch calls across the bay Ululating in...
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The Drowning Sea
Beneath water’s churning load, eternity splits into pieces of before and after. Waves tunnel caves of grief through a crazy chattering frenzy of ocean, swallowing villages, indiscriminately scooping...
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