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They say you pick your friends to be a mirror Then I must have a side that’s warm and free Look at me in navy skirts with parochial blouses Long flowing skirts in flowers of spring is what she sees For all my shyness she’s outgoing, an explorer Where my weaknesses lie, she becomes strong [...] Denim blues on fences painted Jackalope Fences ©1996 by Joshua Liberman Ready for a party of skulls & wooden angels Hung on nails, left to wither… Adorn the roadside where we stop to buy chilies and beer Just past the right turn of the Rio Grande. Purple blue mountain ranges divide horizons Pointing North [...]
Red dots they bring daily Big ones and little ones Here there and everywhere far away Dots on maps of the world Maps of continents green and brown Of deserts beige, ice caps white Oceans blue – pale light and dark water Red dots they bring daily Big ones and little ones [...] Happy Mother’s Day Everyone!
I don’t need a special day Lucy & Nusha to remember you Or our kitchen. A place that invited all of us in With smells and tastes Not matched by any restaurant. A place where we would gather For sustenance and hugs As well as daily discussions [...] San Xavier Mission by Sara Fryd I held a mirror up to you So you could see the fire You carry deep The voice you crave to share With the hunger of years One cannot retrieve No matter the longing. You reversed the mirror for me So I could visit my own reflection Hear [...] My eyes focused on the second button of your blue and white shirt. Heart don’t stop, lungs breathe legs don’t fail me now. I want to melt into the space behind that button. So wrap your arms around me hold me still listen to the rhythm of my breathing. Hear [...] Our lives… Tiny patches of squares or triangles Of a hand sewn quilt that sometimes fit or not… Pieces discovered, overlapped, tucked in held together tightly with bits of colored thread. Do you remember The sound that lightning makes in the Arizona desert at twilight before all the stars appear? Feelings sung aloud as music [...] Small, crowded delicatessens Commonly known as delis With uncommon smells of heaven Emanating from the front door. Sounds of serious determination As slicers carve corned beef Pastrami… Low fat turkey breast With mayo or mustard On rye (with seeds or without) Or pumpernickel as the mood strikes. Animated discussions Between Marlboro, Camel men Sitting at [...] Some men have a way of looking inside finding the best you have to offer then putting it on the outside for all the world to see.
When you’ve been in their presence you begin to feel beautiful begin to experience a you, you didn’t even know was possible. All because… Because, they took [...] |
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