Tagged: waiting
sixty-one minutes
sixty-one minutes
before takeoff, we sit at
the gate, waiting and
dreaming of flight, something more
graceful and less burdensome
.
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old age looks like
old age looks like
a leg up
on your day
off, waiting
for someone else’s
interpretation
.
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on the fifth day of
on the fifth day of
summer, we are sitting still
in ninety-degree
weather, waiting and hoping
that the heat never finds us
.
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every other moon,
every other moon,
you show up, waiting to be splashed
by mom’s watering
.
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waiting for a glass
waiting for a glass
of freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
topped with a pinch of
salt is an unexpected
reflex, a pleasant surprise
.
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we wait all day for
we wait all day for
something to happen – in the
microcosm of
our backyard – life, death, and the
great escape, if only for now
.
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in the space of two
in the space of two
raindrops, a plane takes flight – window-
seat on the tarmac
.
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in every lifetime
in every lifetime
and every culture, there will be
zombies or mummies
waiting for you in the dark –
bring your curiosity
.
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one out of every
one out of every
twelve messages start with a
knock, a not-always-
so-friendly reminder that
something, someone is waiting
.
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