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| attempting
to sleep the smell of the candle just put out |
lighting
a candle before the Virgin . . . the flame dies |
on
the doorstep our first "I love you's" as friends |
first
date . . . wearing flip-flops to match his height |
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| the candy
bowl empty Mom turns off the porch light |
October night from the orange lights one bulb m[]ssing |
autumn drizzle among leftover pumpkins a mouse scurries |
grocery shopping running with a pumpkin to catch the bus |
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| an echo bouncing off the canyon walls my eyes squint upwards |
sitting still— hearing what the house hears when i'm gone |
gentle reminder hung on the door --breathe-- |
Notre Dame
cathedral the whispers of atheists |
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| home again just for a visit chores |
your chicken-scratch absent from the shopping list |
walking through the woods alone ah . . . a mushroom |
the leaves
crunch behind me not my footsteps . . . |
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| both
of us drunk finding an alley only you get to pee |
at
a party two guys compare the length of their nipple hair |
jeans
and a hoodie dirty hair in a knot he tells me i'm beautiful |
at
the concert fingers intertwined during our song |
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| the big game a cup of hot chocolate warms my mittens |
rainy day empty coffee mug slowly losing heat |
waking up--in
a new home same old dog at the foot of the bed |
home for summer my cat runs from me |
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| drops of water cover the glass blind the way home |
gravel dust |
an insult
said the circle fills laughter |
frosty night seven hopeful princesses aboard their convertible chariots |
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| to be myself
. . . simply to be with you |
sitting across
the table from you so glad you're home |
you won't
call now I can't concentrate |
returning
home taking down memories of you |
© 2004,
Randy Brooks • Millikin University
All rights returned to authors upon publication.