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Licorice Stick

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African blackwood

hollowed and belled,Continue reading “Licorice Stick”

Pain Built a House

Pain built a glass house

around my mother.Continue reading “Pain Built a House”

Montmartre Cemetery

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flora-34        Personne ne me volera ma mort;

Continue reading “Montmartre Cemetery”

After

Throat is still,Continue reading “After”

Lois Lane Tries to Get Some Sleep

Look, I really didn’t

need to be rescued.Continue reading “Lois Lane Tries to Get Some Sleep”

I Dreamed a Daughter

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on the occasion of our daughter Diana’s becoming a Bat MitzvahContinue reading “I Dreamed a Daughter”

Undone

The night quiet does not calm me.Continue reading “Undone”

My Mother’s Unfinished Crossword Puzzles

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You knew Frida’s lover, Continue reading “My Mother’s Unfinished Crossword Puzzles”

Last Train Home

(Listening to Pat Metheny’s Last Train Home)

 

You travel swift and

sure of your destinationContinue reading “Last Train Home”

Motherline, to Ruth

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Ella’s on the radio,Continue reading “Motherline, to Ruth”

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