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Staying home was easy / after the pulling guard / faked me wide...
When Rockets Fell Like Stars
We prowled that part of the base at midnight, / high on crowbars and beer. We smashed car lights / and ripped the chrome off doors. Nothing beat...
Leaving Sixty
A neighbor’s cat ambled by, wetting our sand / casually, as natural as lions / in the Kalahari marking their range. That cat...
The Waltz We Were Born For
Wind chimes ping and tangle on the patio. In gusty winds this wild, sparrow hawks hover and bob-always the crash of indigo hosannas dangling on strings. My wife ties...
Catching My Grandson
Oh, look , old Galileo whispered, look, we move . / And burning, burning in the sky, the sun stood still. / Earth turned and spun and whirled about the ball...
