Yearly Archives: 2008

audience

Stand in front of four hundred mostly strangers there for something else and be cool. Monopolize them with my words and demeanour and backed by fifty musicians It was the fifty who carried it off maybe my giant failures were … Continue reading

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loss

So often have we faced a loss: perhaps a favorite doll disappeared during a play date a wagon vanished overnight from the front yard a pair of glasses but not the book a wallet from a locked hotel room an … Continue reading

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sine wave

There is a pulse that runs from day to day through eyes and skies and determines whether crows gather overhead to pluck out eyes or just to turn the pages of the calendar One day we sing and smile the … Continue reading

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