December 15, 2009
by Victoria Clayton Munn
In the deepest consciousness of you
darkness prevails and I wonder
at the side of the road as you change
the twentieth flat tire -
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if you remember I’m there, your hair
misted with road dirt and dew
head bent against cold metal
ratchet over and over the bolts
that will fix our way home.
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You finish, and I see your [...]
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December 15, 2009
by Pamela J. Jessen
Do dogs dream?
Have you watched the spasmodic jerking
of their legs, heard
the soft whimpers and barks
and wondered what movie plays
in their slumbering brains?
Do they dream of their wolf days?
Of the pack gliding silently through the night forest,
deer scent thick in the moon-drenched air –
the chase,
paws scrambling over rocks,
tearing at damp earth,
bringing down prey [...]
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