Monthly Archives: October 2023

The Annals of Avoidance

Days and days and days.  In a week.  So many ways to distract self.  The annals of avoidance would fill a book of the world.  What else could lure me to my closet and sort out my sock and tights, search for runs, holes, … Continue reading

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Back to Hard Ground

Trees are shedding their summer hair.What a tiny comb was used for grooming –tufts pile on the sidewalk, bright and seething. Where were we when we lost our crickets?Softly, softly they left us without a sound,dark-ness falls hard on hard … Continue reading

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Half-Baked Prayer (So Far, So Near)

Because I still have an oven, I can bake bread and knock on the crust: a hostage might answer.Because yeast is alive for a short time,embroider my name in your handmade world. Oh long reams of sheets on the ironing board, I … Continue reading

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Beyond Belief

To not know; to think only about the usual mixed feelings of crossing back to “real life” after a holiday, with tender feet and breathing open pores.  To be one of the ravers in the Israeli desert dancing under the starry October … Continue reading

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