Monday, August 26, 2019

12,039. MIRACLE TREES GROW EASY

MIRACLE TREES GROW EASY
It was Rilke who said 'You must
change your life.' I nodded off and
went to sleep. Moments of such
rectitude can doom the bearer.
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Her name was Elsa-Beth but wanted
to be Mary. Everyone knew that, but
went along with the show. I walked
the waterfront at the old Philadelphia
Navy Yard, for the 15th time at least.
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Some places always seem like Winter,
while others always seem like early
Spring. This was somehow both.
I chose to call her Jane.

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