Yearly Archives: 2007

on this day

I think of my father ‘s breath trailing from his lips backlit by the cool November sun His cheeks are ruddy and his eyes teared by the hard northern wind His neat row of medals is pinned to the twill … Continue reading

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best before

Perched on this spiral shelf this Guggenheim design allows me to observe the downward flow nightmare skid in fact that as we near the bottom outraces elevators. The smiling doorman waits to embrace everyone who leaves at day’s end. It … Continue reading

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Wheel

Sunset brings children home: sun bronzed, scraped, laden with adventure, trophies, disappointment, lessons of the world; unready for a bath, a story, and bed. And when my sunset finally calls my old bones, that return is set into motion with … Continue reading

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