A neat lyric turn to & then from the outside to the in, Sharon.
Doug
> On Jul 19, 2017, at 6:55 AM, sharon brogan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> It never goes away, this feeling, wanting
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> something I cannot have. Fires burn
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> on Lolo Peak. Helicopters come to dip
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> water from the Clark Fork, carry it to
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> the flames.
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> Black smoke darkens this summer sky.
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> I sleep through the long afternoons.
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> Even in dreams, you are not here.
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> The dogs pace, restless, barking
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> at nothing.
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>
>
> --
> sharon brogan
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The palms rattle, the eucalypts
shed bark and blossom. Uninterpreted.
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