Sharon thanks I really enjoyed this -the progression P basking in hottest September -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of sharon brogan Sent: 28 September 2011 19:10 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: 2011 September 28 snap * this house holds a pocket of sorrow it leaks through the cracks in the plaster walls like sap through the bark of a tree a bittersweet scent infuses the air incense of secrets and grief * a patter of days more leak than shower where the fury of thunder and wind? rain so thick it stops the breath? * when is the final chapter? death too far this story too long the plot-line thin and flat where the intimate intricacies? the wound in the heart? the hidden corpse? assignations in the woods? the dark & stormy night? * -- sharon brogan http://www.sbpoet.com http://www.sbpoet.net http://smallpoems.sbpoet.net 406.578.1788