Tagged: suddenly

knee-high by the fourth

knee-high by the fourth
of july – we are driving
through cornfields, and your

grandpa’s farm wisdom pops out
from nowhere, wings aflutter
.
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on the first day of

on the first day of
spring, you
returned to us,
suddenly
fatherless. there
are parts of us
that will dance
around recognizing
parts of you
because no one
wants to claim
a familiarity
to loss
.
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every third door is

every third door is
a mystery, just like knowing
what you are going

to say before you say it and
then, suddenly, not knowing
.
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suddenly, i am

suddenly, i am
noticing that you notice
everything – noticed,

have noticed, everything all
along – an eye-opener
.
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the day after a

the day after a
summer solstice, when
we have been fully
stretched
towards the light,
we may forget
just as suddenly,
begin to shrink,
take shelter
.
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