Yes, as Max say, a fine trad finish to this. Sentences that move, forward, & then that stopped final line....
Doug
On 2011-08-21, at 10:38 AM, sharon brogan wrote:
> The aspen shakes its coins
> at the moon. The moon pulls
> at the sea. The woman wakes
> before dawn. Morning light casts
> rainbows on white walls. Later
> she turns in her bed, restless
> and damp, an over-warm after-
> noon nap. Birch trees whisper
> at the river’s edge. She dreams
> of children, bellies like melons,
> swollen and empty. At dusk, swallows
> sweep the sky. She sleeps again.
> The tide comes in. The tide goes out.
> The moon, the sea, and the aspen tree.
Douglas Barbour
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