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Winter Moon
Jet-black branchesframe a round, cream moon,soon to set. Earlierwhen I first shuffled into the kitchen– to feed the cats, to start the coffee–the moon rode above the trees,a perfect circle of frozen white. It shifts coloras it nears… Continue reading
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For Bonnie
Somewhere in the city,this dark September morning,before light infuses the eastern sky,before the crows stir and lift and caw their way back into the day,someone I knowkeeps watch at the bedsideof her dying sister. This sister, the one hovering near… Continue reading
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My First Watch
My first watch.I am 6 or 7.It is a child's Timex,small to fit my wrist. I am so proud.I stare at the minute hand,trying, trying to see it move.I don't. It will be in a new place,but I don't see… Continue reading