Nancy Katherine

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"Late evening finally comes: I unlatch the door and quietly await the one who greets me in my dreams." (Otomo no Yakamochi, 718-785)
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Nancy Katherine Oct 2011

Center of Night

In the center of night,
I search for the sleep of a shipwrecked sailor,
adrift through this house
that was never mine.

Nancy Katherine Oct 2011

Morning

In that moment
When my body starts to wake
But my mind lags behind,
I often reach for you
And never understand
Why you're not there.

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