The length of my dog's leash. Meeting another,
twelve feet between wary humans,
dogs sniff nose
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The gray field of the rain had risen.
She slept on the worn patchwork quilt
of the sky.
When
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Passing from the light, I glimpse
my daughter in the midnight kitchen
glow, dipping ice-cream
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Between these yellow lines,
The promise of safety
Retreats before the distraction, impatience, the
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The poltergeists come,
one by one,
and they do not know
one another's faces,
only the
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I'll never forget us
entraining this freight at dusklight
to escape cabbage farms, rusted
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And still I'm traipsing through the fields
of wildflowers and grass and foxtails. Beyond
these
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The tiger in the Asian wood
gives no thought to "did" or "should,"
but, ever tense and present
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He lost his second wife in Buffalo.
She hid behind his books and slipped away
on their due date
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Holy is the thingon its slow dance across the night,all chalk-faced and beaming,filling the ... [+]