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Tag Archives: promise
Come As You Are
Crackling old records and tangled old tapes make up our tough onion skin and the rings that hold us together but they don’t have to. We can discard them like leaflets that promise prosperity or jars of snake oil we’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged balm, fortified, mussel shell, old tapes, onion skin, poetry, promise, prose, sprout, warts
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At Home
Gentle breath, an infant’s breath, soft and rhythmic, no yearning because all one’s needs are met. The cradle, like the arms of Mother; the cottony soft blanket as tender against the skin as Father’s breath. Hope. Promise. It didn’t turn … Continue reading
His face was beautiful, Brian was his name. Meet him, I would, in the wee hours of a morning, when sleep was a promise on the lips of a liar and the darkness was a friend to us both. Talk, … Continue reading
September 5, 2013
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The lion kills for life, and life is rarely grateful. We will hold fast our fingers clasped tight like kites were flying, like the cracks in boulders held our weight. Do you see heart there in the thin shadows? Do … Continue reading →