Maybe there was a time when you tilled expectation’s soil, sowed seeds of heirloom hopes, and raindanced under brewing skies. Maybe there was a time before you learned to look away, when you dared stare square into rising possibility, before the rains didn’t come. Maybe there was a time—later, later, how much later— when all… Continue reading Dig For Rain
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In Case of Emergencies
You said, Look! You have one nail not bitten down to the quick. You looked hopeful for a broken habit. I said, I know. I'm hanging onto it, in case of emergencies. {note: photo downloaded from pexels.com and no attribution required but giving credit where due; the photo crop of the original is my… Continue reading In Case of Emergencies
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I have aged in time, in rhythm, disordered. There is no apt objection to questions born and barren, deriding bright-eyed simplicity, curiosity’s unsubtle purr. This permanent note of pause crudely etched in my line of sight —indices of accelerated living, in contravention of an ending, all too real and incomplete. What evidence do you need?… Continue reading Proxy
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