Yes, this moves more strongly, & is sharper for sure....
Doug
On 15-Jul-08, at 9:35 PM, sharon brogan wrote:
> It's a dark night,
> a slight moon.
>
> The scar remains,
> pale silent stitches
>
> from wrist past elbow.
> She held herself
>
> together. She healed.
> They used a saw
>
> to remove the cast.
> It screamed.
>
> She wakes in the breeze
> of the ceiling fan,
>
> sinks into deep
> mattresses; the sweetness
>
> of strawberries; tart lemon cake;
> the full scent of grass, just mowed,
>
> lying down on its own fresh self;
> the soft underwater feel of tree-
>
> shaded rooms. Even the taste
> of mountain fires,
>
> smoke in her mouth.
> Even that pleases her.
Douglas Barbour
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Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy)
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It's the first lesson, loss.
Who hasn't tried to learn it
at the hands of wind or thieves?
Jan Zwicky
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