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A Poem by Vol
Your cat
dies because it
strayed
to the street,
and
there she
is
right
in the middle
of
a four way stop,
way
out in the country..
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A Poem by Vol
We made
the long drive
with
the top down…
past
hills and beer cans
that
spun in the turmoil
we
left behind.
I
wonder i..
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A Poem by Vol
I was
riding down a blue Kentucky road,
alone
as usual, wondering about the wooded hills,
so
I parked next to a lonely church and went
a..
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A Poem by Vol
Since we found a way to sour
Eden,
we’ve spent our days
dropping sweat
while we work in the dirt,
backs bent,
shoulders flexed ..
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A Poem by Vol
If I were to tell you it’s
all there, all
the pieces in their exact
place and
position, every tendon,
muscle, vein
and ne..
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A Poem by Vol
For
the longest time,
this
first year gone,
I
turn to see your reaction
to
something on TV,
or
worry that I'll wake you
..
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A Poem by Vol
Those
little Golden Books for kids
were
all I wanted when I went
shopping
with mom.
It’s
where I learned to mine for gold
under
words..
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A Poem by Vol
The
Thirteenth Century,
like
all the others,
came
and went..
Everyone
born,
died.
Clotho
spun them,
Lachesis
wove them,
Clotho
..
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A Poem by Vol
It
is painful
here in this broken down
prison.
It’s old, has holes where
morter
used to hold it together before
back
surgery was..
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A Poem by Vol
The ax
swings
in
a precision arc
and
bites deep into
the
bole of one more tree.
Again
and again.
Large
chunks of wood
fling
ou..
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