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To run from today
or hide from tomorrow,
the ultimate hunter,
time waiting downwind

Each day a stalking,
your tracks to betray you,
escape out of season
—the wolf closing in

(Sacandaga Lake, New York: January, 2022)
 Jan 2022 Brumous
Ryan
the pottery is unspinning
the sweater's unknitting
the candle is melting
and the tea's gone missing
pondering the theft in awe at this mess
and what's left:
clay, fabric, wax, and leaves
i guess
it's god's way
to say
be grateful for your things
when the world goes backwards
it's the leaving that stings
 Jan 2022 Brumous
DElizabeth
ripped
 Jan 2022 Brumous
DElizabeth
"i wish
i'd loved you better..
and that you
see me clearly
without disguise.."

as for love slipping away:
"we cannot continue for long
to exist sanely
under conditions of absolute reality. . ."

"to truly love another person
is to accept that
the work of loving them
is worth the pain of losing them. . ."

everything that i love
is me
the same way everything
you love
is you

you became a part of me..

and to feel you..watch you..hear you
slipping from my fingers..
feels like a vital piece of me
is being suddenly and violently
ripped out from within . . .
of everyone..i figured you would understand..
 Jan 2022 Brumous
Chris Saitta
So falls Greece, so falls Rome,
And in their bone-lipped tombs
Forever those still listening for love.
 Jan 2022 Brumous
Frances Raeburn
You took on the big world
while you were such a  small girl
you are still here
the big world lost
You won!
 Jan 2022 Brumous
Frances Raeburn
‘Read this’ I said
it’s so good
I don’t have time for poetry, Mum’
she said
I choose to dance instead.’
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