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All This Nonwithstanding

September 11, 2015
By CarolineBK GOLD, Washington DC, District Of Columbia
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&quot;Look, if you was a fish, mother nature&#039;d take care of you, wouldn&#039;t she? Right?&quot;<br /> -Horwitz the cabbie, The Catcher in the Rye

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Sun is streaming in on all sides,

shards of light that quiver upon the just-cleaned 

mirror as if remembering how they flew 

through the air following the impact of a fist.

 

I forced my hand to transcend the glass

the tiny dings of a hidden bell

the blonde hair fluttering to the floor

the pages and pages of small, cramped

handwriting. All this nonwithstanding, 

shattering on a grassy floor.

 

Then it was bright and silent, the blood

running down my knuckles, a fading magenta

spot on the horizon. The birds resumed calling

as they had before, and will continue on

all this nonwithstanding.

© Maria P., Bethesdaa, MD

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