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This Is My Name Now


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WRITING


2005, Closed For Storm

"The lights were blinding<br>I writhed in them<br><br>you all<br>gathered around to watch.<br><br>Even now,<br>Matilda, the psychic in Dallas, Texas<br><br>Dallas<br>Texas<br><br>reads those outstretched palms<br>so close to prayer,<br>and us silent < . . ."

India Point

"I know some guy<br>Who knew some people<br>Who died,<br>once.<br><br>They were climbing a rotting place<br>Filled with names<br>and glass<br>and bolts<br>and the oxidized steel<br>sure was beautiful,<br><br>and the lights<br>from that height.<br><br> . . ."

Light

"Later on sleeping<br>in some far off bed,<br><br>cotton summer<br>with easy wind and some<br><br>breathing<br><br>I turned to kiss your mouth,<br>(like what we do)<br>and saw the light on your lips.<br>It was diffuse in your throat,<br>and highlighte . . ."

Step Out

"Those places left their mark on us,<br>For sure--<br><br>I turned to you in the meadow;<br>you held out your arm for me to feel.<br>Even my fingers felt scarred, as the ridges<br>of the mountains were the same<br>as the contour of the hammock<br>as t . . ."

The Reunion

"Winter has rejected us. <br>We slept one long, last time<br>and woke up<br>to still grey<br>went to the bathroom <br>and seeing our faces for the first time,<br>we blinked our eyes, nervous in the new<br>sunlight,<br>collected our letters from<br>cre . . ."

The Walker

"<br>Which train<br>carried <br>how far?<br><br>Maybe in questions, you found<br><br>your compass <br>somehow always looking <br>in the direction in which you<br>were already facing--<br><br>your toes<br>one step ahead of <br>your feet.<br><br>I was s . . ."