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A Change of HomesOutside it is snowing, just a bit. / Twelve years in and it still seems odd / Vermont, cold and with
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Dec 28, 2020
A Change of SanctuariesThe sanctuary is empty, cleared by fear / that has sent us each into our temples / seeking solace an
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Apr 25, 2020
A Choice of PathsSometimes / the biggest step forward / is a step back, / to find the place / you left the path, / fo
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Oct 1, 2020
A Constant TemptationIt is a constant temptation, / to get in the boat that brought you / and row again, not home / but t
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Jul 21, 2021
A Lack of NavigationIt is a strange thing, brass, half compass, half sextant. / No one in the antique shop knows exactly
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Feb 22, 2021
A Lack of UnderstandingI have become stronger / in my weakness. / I do not even pretend / to understand. / Some gifts, / yo
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Dec 30, 2020
A Loss of HorizonsLife has become closer, more precious, / bound by walls and doors and masks / and an unfamiliar fear
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Apr 18, 2020
And the Dead Shall be RaisedSpanish moss hangs from the Live Oak, / a slow, beautiful murderer in the big city, / redolent of me
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Jan 31, 2020
A Room Full of ChairsIt is a room of chairs. / Their thin spindles let the light through, / visually almost invisible, /
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Feb 23, 2020
A Scarecrow in JulyMostly, I preach to my self. Talk to myself. / I write what I need to to hear. Self talk, / out loud
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Jan 26, 2021
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