Yearly Archives: 2007

barking

1970 Christmas Eve near the Rio Grande in our trailer in the orange grove firecrackers dogs and roosters repeat the bang bark cockadoodle sporadically all night We miss the hush of snow much as kids miss daddies tokin’ it up … Continue reading

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reversed

In fall the world is upsidedown: instead of branches roots reach for the sky and leaves reach down for branches clutched in earth Soon snow will bury all and ghosts of summer will play under all on bed of leaves … Continue reading

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laughing

What was it? some mistake, a silly word some context out of joint —wild animal in my shorts— it starts the laugh the tumbling down the slippery slope into the gasp for breath a pause, respite tears down the cheeks … Continue reading

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