Month: September 2020

drifting smoke

last night, no candle burning no smoke added to the the orange air, in the dark, in the back field, cries or screams never heard before, lost animals calling family, this morning, no sunrise, no clouds, no background sky the sense of distance…a fog of ash trees, crops, villages, homes, for rabbits, deer, raccoon, bear, …

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surgery sisters

By the time i think to write to you… Sally and Carol will both be out of the morphine induced calm of surgery, with new body parts, and hopefully less overall pain. “Overall pain” seems to be the operative phrase for old age. Thousands more acres of trees, towns, structures, animal homes, etc. will have …

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