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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on February 26, 2026| 6 Comments »


for Mark Burrows
 
And there, in your letter, several doors,
all of them in the shape of an exclamation point,
all invitations to slip myself through
their dark slender lines and into
the realm of ecstasies—world of oh!
and wow! and yes! and love!—
into the sensory kingdom of blisses
that is always here, and yet somehow
I miss it, dulled as I am by the ellipses
of shoulds, the endless commas
that join me to the litany of frying pan,
dish soap, calendar, telephone,
toothbrush, postage stamp, pillow.
But oh! The wide spiraling of eagle this morning!
The deepening rose of the clouds at dawn!
My daughter asleep in her room!
Oud! Ginger! Dark crimson yarn!
Emptiness! Cool breeze! Your letter!
What joy this morning when I saw
all those tall, slim exclamation marks
and recognized them as the doors they are,
each one the chance to say yes! Yes!
to vibrating with elation! Yes! to the bright
bubbling champagne giddiness that rises inside
because wing! Because spring! Because sun!
Because pillow! Because toothbrush! Because breath!
Because orange! Because toes! Because you! 

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How It Might Continue

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on October 10, 2016| 4 Comments »

 

 

 

Wherever we go, the chance for joy,

whole orchards of amazement—

 

one more reason to always travel

with our pockets full of exclamation marks,

 

so we might scatter them for others

like apple seeds.

 

Some will dry out, some will blow away,

but some will take root

 

and grow exuberant groves

filled with long thin fruits

 

that resemble one hand clapping—

so much enthusiasm as they flutter back and forth

 

that although nothing’s heard

and though nothing’s really changed,

 

people everywhere for years to come

will swear that the world

 

is ripe with applause, will fill

their own pockets with new seeds to scatter.

 

 

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