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Solitude for Breakfast
Sand. Seagrass. Wind.
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You are fed.
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Solitude for breakfast.
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The Back Roads
The Back Roads
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Somehow, you always take the back roads.
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Narrow. Twisty. The long way around.
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Why I Believe
The thing is, the lesson is, I survived.
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Never mind the rust or the abandonment
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or the sabotage
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A Constant Temptation
It is a constant temptation,
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to get in the boat that brought you
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and row again, not home
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but t
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A Change of Homes
Outside it is snowing, just a bit.
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Twelve years in and it still seems odd
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Vermont, cold and with
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The Effort
At some point, you realize
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it is more than wanton destruction
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or the need for an outlet.
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There
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Trespassers
I am thankful for the trespassers.
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for those who dared breach my walls
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gently but firmly, who pa
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A Stranger's City
It has been a year since you visited the city.
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walked its streets with its crowds of infinite vari
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Transparent and Dark
Transparent and Dark
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The old venue reaches across the boardwalk,
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its magic long evaporated,
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a
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Rust on the Wheels
Outside the rail car is untouched.
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Seventy years old and it appears ready
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for the next journey /
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