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The Slate Step Brightens

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mating dragonflies

the slow folding

of her wings

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out on strike

the uncomfortable hang

of his hands

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winter morning

the scrape of a coat hanger

across its rod

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cemetery

the sharp edges

of the new names

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after rain

the blueness

of fireflies

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20 stories below

the gestures of people

are meaningless

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wittling

till there’s nothing left

of the light

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cold snap

the automatic door

opens slowly

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our goodbye

all the places

where we touch

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party over

the long down

of the elevator

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long slow curve

passing again

beneath the geese

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after snow

a faint yellowness

to the white house

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light rain

the slate step

brightens

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visiting home

in my childhood bedroom

the same shadows

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the mathematician’s wife

pregnant

again

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the river

the river makes

of the moon

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slant of light

the dialect

of the region

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throwing away

the envelope marked

“simplify your life”

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empty mailbox

she leans awhile

on her walker

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new green leaves

a child I don’t know

waves to me

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New Year’s Day

a message on

the answering machine

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mosquito

I hit nothing

but myself

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slow dance

feeling her smile

in my neck

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TV store wall

every sky

a different blue

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midnight thunder

the clock

starts over

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morning dew

no hiding the way

we’ve come

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first autumn wind

not feeling the knife

slice my finger

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excavation site

the holes

living things leave behind

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practicing

to make my signature

look natural

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equinox party

returning home

the way I came

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