

Ear DropsHe has my lips numbEar Drops
with promises
and my ears
ringing prophecy
so it is
all I can do
all
I can
do
to hold


Raven Wings Young girls are f i t t e d with raven w i n G s that creak at the wristRaven Wings
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Father was a voiceFather was a voice for eighteen years, endowed only three times with face and body; a tenor voice, heFather was a voice
was full of promises and the golden glow of Texas.
Father was a road-trip to Texas, lone-star-land-of-half-hoped dreams paved by years of patient virtue and a young girl's smiling face. Hands pressed to the window-glass, where he might one day appear - chasing the dawn lavender on a golden
run. Ever westward, to the desert/beach golden hues of a California summer, leaving phonelines and Texas


A rectangular moment.I spent these hours tracking the da ys I called you mine. One. Two. T hose I took for granted when, with wry and lovely eyes - you sent meA rectangular moment.
winking at trust. Faith in your face
as it folded to a misspent frown, w hen you asked me to understand. Instead, I offered up innocence, an d a giggled whiff of confidence. I co uld not listen to your words because my heart was praying loud, over the megaphone - and at my ear. Beat,
box. Beat, box. I take these hours
to track


To prepare a mango -It takes 2 to prepare a mango.To prepare a mango -
She must have soft hands tender - hands to rrrrRRRRRRReeeeeEEEEEaaaccchhhh through the rumbling tum tumbling cascade of rebellious brother and sister mangos. Each, you see, is eager to prove out gravity (a holdover from long quarrels with the apple kingdom) while he L a U g H s. And he, he must
be composed of the firmer stuff (not strawberry shortcake, but a swift swig of whisky). - Most certain
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