so i try to move forward in the line
the light frayed
through the plastic roof
Sharon ahead looking
through the ads
which show
should we catch
suddenly a man shoves through
grabs her by the throat
to lift her aside &
as i move to stop
her scream shifts
to voices outside
& stumbling from bed
into the grey light
i can't remember
what we were doing
in that cloudy place
already fading
Edmonton 06:17 11 June 2003
Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta Canada T6G 2E5
(h) [780] 436 3320 (b) [780] 492 0521
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
in the rooms you live in
people's books line your shelves
the traces of their lives
their minds
too
bpNichol
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