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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Proxy
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
Stitched
Slow to the quick, inflict these maddening wounds —deeper yet for the intrusion of time by trust. Fresh cuts will take a stitch, leaving contoured maps in tangled depiction of when or where, but never how, or—most vexing—why. Dare to reassemble, reorder, uplifted by soothing breath. Remember, Atlas bore no less than the sky above.
caroline ridgway 