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into the gray city
Two days after the blizzard, plowsmake a mountain to move every placetwo paths meet, and there are people onthe street with shovels ready to deal. Sunlight falls steadily, and waitinghas been accumulatingfor a week. Snow relaxes under a blanket of … Continue reading
poem written in a spring blizzard
Sign on the Missouri sideof the Oklahoma borderpromises loose slots,and I don’t know whether I amto think thisgood or bad. I think loose change,loose screws,loose cannons,loose morals,loose knots,loose women,loose leaf tea,loose analogies,Exile on Main Street. Get loose, looseas a goose. … Continue reading
a love story
1 A guy shows up with a dogafter walking all the way from Nineveh,and your heart melts, even if he smells a little fishy. Angel don’t mean nothing. Raphaelshows up in strange places,and he’s no judge of character. 2 But … Continue reading
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Kitchen window was full of halfmoon hours before yousaid she was a smileflickering on the surfaceof the water. Today it is allrain coming down steady sadnessover anticipation of snow tomorrow. Children and dogs will wonderhow the solid form of one … Continue reading
let sleeping dogs lie
Imagine a cat in a box. Strike that. The cat imagines itself. It goes without saying, in the box, provided you leave the lid off. And a physicist, who does not, of course, go without saying. Slightly stooped. Tiny, wire-rimmed … Continue reading