This is very evocative. One wonders, without probing ,how personal this is.
The minutiae is so telling and real. I particularly like earring carrying
two meanings- jewellery and ear ringing from the roared hatred. Regards
Arthur.
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From: "Ryfkah *" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:58 PM
Subject: Fair Weather
> Fair Weather
>
> Time clouds
> Memory vapor
>
> Sun lies
> like a fly
> Its buzz all there is
>
> In the car her children sing
> play license plate games
> chant We want McDonald's
>
> Far from home
> Relocation
>
> He stays away
> works long hours
> She prepares a dinner
> he never eats
>
> I hate you the man roars
> She sobs Her ear
> bleeds from earring's crush
> lost love's stigmata
>
> Her husband and his wife
> leave for the French wine country
> Someday she'll travel too
>
> The woman laughs
> Her children offer
> their bouquet of wild flowers
>
> The day sunny
>
> Ryfkah 9/28/02
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