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Dreamer
https://sb.typepad.com/files/dreamer.mp3 Somebody came to my door and offered to give me a child who had been abandoned. I declined but thought of you. They say that in dreams, the house is the body. Or perhaps the psyche. A house of many rooms. But who is the child? Who is the offerer? Who the prospective parent?… Continue reading
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Bell
[I’m on vacation. This was originally posted Wednesday, 25 August 2004] MP3 File once I imagined the bell all the rest came easily the young man in the burgundy coat lilies tolling their scent in the garden pale moon over narrow streets, it all dreamt itself into tall dark trees shivering with sparrows and wind… Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo ~ #24
MP3 File When they brought my father out of Germany, he weighed ninety-two pounds. He had no tolerance for picky eaters. Was he still a boy then? Was he kind? They could leave the camp but had nowhere to go. A brass… Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo ~ #22
MP3 File Once you lived in a city. Tall buildings and thick air, noisy traffic, yellow cabs. Apartments with blackened brick facades. You were a child then. You didn’t know. Dresses and book bags, cold breath at crowded bus stops. Oblivious, innocent, provocative, shining hair tied back with white ribbons. Up & down the library… Continue reading
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NaPoWriMo ~ #21
MP3 File Do you want to live? Know that you decide each day. This day, I will live. Sun on your face in the morning. You accept it. You open, not only your eyes. The stiffness in your hip — this, too. You can say No. You might choose otherwise. Remember this. Water from a… Continue reading
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