I really enjoyed this.
Thank you
Tina
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From: "sharon brogan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 10:16 PM
Subject: Snap 30 August 02006
> It's not yet September
> but the morning light
> pales winter-dim. Forests
> burn; our air thickens
> with ashes and smoke.
>
> I've pulled the rugs,
> blankets, long-sleeved
> shirts and heavy sheets
> from the dark backs
> of closets. There is no
>
> poetry in me, only
> lethargy and pain.
> I resist, resist, this
> cooling season. Vines
> still bend with ripening
>
> berries and yellow plum
> tomatoes; honeysuckle
> and roses bloom their final
> flush. The parakeets sing
> from their ornamental cage.
>
> --
> ~ SB =^..^=
>
> http://www.sbpoet.com
>
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