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ALONE  ~  TOGETHER   Here we are, together  ~  alone… Sitting at opposite sides of the room. You, head in hand, on the rocking chair; Me, wondering how to reach you there. Or wondering whether I should. Or should I just leave you alone?   All I can hear is the cuckoo clock Beating a […]

En Passant             For papa   In passing, I shift my own weight Adjust my eyes to shadow. Defiant against rule. How long before we get caught in our minds                  My dad would say each part of life Is equating to profit and loss Hands spinning & weaving web through a city Overtaken by terror […]

The Broken Girl   The broken girl Has the perfect smile She warms your heart So you stay awhile   The laughs and the grins Hide the searing pain The jokes and the jests Mask the falling rain   The broken girl Seems brave and strong But self-hate and shame Haunt her shattered song   […]

Eclipse   This eclipse was a slow concealing Of the light of the moon. Gradual but deliberate, It darkened the night sky.   I suppose the eclipse of the human happens With the same gradual intentionality. I wonder if the sky thought it had ended too, When the light went out, leaving only blackness.   […]

Nostalgia    I shimmied into threadbare denim worn soft as a lady’s hanky And a red shirt embroidered with fish that once belonged to Kay the one her daughters gave me, after she died I wrapped myself in the pashmina Lynne brought me years ago, before she moved I scrambled two eggs in butter like […]