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One Golden Moment

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on August 30, 2020| Leave a Comment »

walking toward the rainbow—

shocked to arrive

in my own life

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From My Kitchen in Colorado

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on August 13, 2016| 1 Comment »

 

 

 

Long before we could see

the smokestacks rising above

the rooftops of Madison,

my brother and I would shout

from the backseat,

“I see Oscar Mayer!”

 

Though we had never been in,

it was the building where

our grandfather worked

and its gray flues meant

we were close to Papa’s home.

I remember wanting it

bad enough to create

the vision in the distance.

“I see Oscar Mayer,”

I’d say, and my brother

would say he saw it, too,

and my mother or father would

explain it was still an hour away.

 

Five minutes later,

my brother would insist

he could see it for sure,

and then I’d see it again,

and an hour would pass this way

until finally the dark smoke

rose on the horizon

and we’d shout in unison,

“I see Oscar Mayer!”

 

It still happens sometimes,

I want to arrive somewhere

so badly I can see it

though it isn’t there,

or more likely I have no idea

how the destination will appear and so

I declare myself far away,

though I don’t really know.

 

Decades ago the Madison

plant was closed,

though my brother still writes

sometimes to tell me he can see it.

It was easier then—

we knew exactly

what we were looking for,

knew it so well that

I almost think

I can see it from here.

 

 

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What to Say But Yes?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , on December 7, 2013| 1 Comment »

long after we arrive
still the question
are we there yet?

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