Category: A Few Thoughts
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12 Dec: The Relevance
The Relevance The sun light,it’s like yellow roses. A sky blue peepshow between clouds that spring and foam. Dad’s painting seascapes again.He keeps a wandering eyeon my sister and I. We walk the beach.Looking down. Beachcombing. I’m always on the move, I’m told,for fear of calcifying, Dad says. One day I’ll look up that wordso…
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3 January: A Few Thoughts
A Few Thoughts That Aren’t About Gators We’re on the Challenger Memorial Highway.I saw the Challenger explode mid-air. On telly. Somethings just stick to you. I’ve a lifetimeof things stuck to me like yellow Post-Its. Cold War. Kennedy. King. Moon landing. 911. COVID. And we drive north toward Daytona Beach.The road sign reads Welcome to…
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2 January: A Few Thoughts
A Few Thoughts That Aren’t About Flowers I’ve never been one to wonder: Who I am. I know who my father is,and I’ve been my own motherfor some time now. If you look too long into the throatof a rose, you’ll forget thatyour own long road has secrets. And your youth will become wisdom,your wisdom…
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