Like the way this poem drifts off its foundation, Millicent, and some of
the startling linked images like papers and bananas.
Bill
On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 8:33 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> Thanks Millicent that's me
> Over now, buckling and frail.
>
> We can and we will be rough-planted -sounds like me this morning
>
> haha liked the feel of anti motor cycle book of maintenance feel and of
> long ago
> P
> ps mid summer here
>
> On 26/06/2019 10:38, Millicent Borges Accardi wrote:
> > These Cold Days
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Come fit to be
> >
> > Tied into a knot
> >
> > Of shivers, days
> >
> > Spent in a lack of sun
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> > With nights spent
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> > Wishing for the money
> >
> > To fix the heater, a small
> >
> > Fortune, the cost
> >
> > Of a used Honda, or a new
> >
> > Roof. We patch together
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> > The radiant heart
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> > Still beating with its
> >
> > Uneven rhythm, warmth
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> > From the propane stove
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> > Intertwined with a portable
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> > Electric unit propped
> >
> > Up on the coffee table
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> > Littered with papers
> >
> > And bananas. We promise
> >
> > To get through these months
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> > Of stupid California winter
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> > With people laughing at us
> >
> > In our drafty hippie shack
> >
> > Drifting off its foundation, heading
> >
> > Down the hill more into the creek
> >
> > Where we walk across the bridge
> >
> > To get to the back gate. Others
> >
> > Would have improved, others would
> >
> > Have fixed up the two broken fences,front
> >
> > And back, also the wood going back toseed
> >
> > Traveling into the dirt as fast as they
> >
> > Can, the rest of the boards bending
> >
> > Over now, buckling and frail.
> >
> > We can and we will be rough-planted
> >
> > Back into this life all over again
> >
> > Just like a vow, only broken.
> >
> >
> >
> > mill
> > New Poetry Collection: Only More So @ Amazon
> >
> > http://www.MillicentBorgesAccardi.com
> > @TopangaHippie on TwitterÁgua mole em pedra dura tanto dá até que fura
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