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Winter MAG
March 17, 2008
Walking after school
I am struck by the shape of this branch against the bleak sky
shockingly stark and
gray and unrepentant;
Stabbing upwards
so violently – as some knife into a pillow
a sudden rip, and feathers rain down like cloud.
The moment stretches, taut –
(unexpected eternity on a sunless afternoon)
– snapped
as I smile and remember how to breathe
© Anonymous
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Paige said...
on Dec. 27 2008 at 8:05 pm
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Redemption65 said...
on Dec. 9 2008 at 9:21 pm
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on Oct. 30 2008 at 6:06 pm
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on Oct. 22 2008 at 6:59 pm
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on Oct. 8 2008 at 4:04 pm
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