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Susanna Rich: Now That We’re Done I Need    to Retrieve Something

May 11, 2011 by PBQ

…no, not the

birthday whatever,

bagged holiday,

or drugstore forgive-me

thing;

nor the lend/misplace/forget or

hand-me-over migrations;

nor the fix/yard sale/consign

on my behalf

I’m missing

some feathered part of me

that swims starlight

waves sage brush, chants

summer dreams…just let

me breathe what you never-

mind: your freezer’s

atmosphere, your attic fan’s

exhaust, the air between

your window and the storms…

Filed Under: Contributors 81, Issue 81, Poetry, Poetry 81 Tagged With: Contributors 81, Poetry, Poetry 81, Susanna Rich

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