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Talk of Snow
Talk of Snow

It's cold again
and there is talk of snow

The neighbor, come for her packages
stands chatting in the wind
more out of obligation than interest

I am only half out the door
wishing she would go away
so I can close the door to the cold

It seeps in through my skin as if
I am no more than a paper shell
a wasps' nest or a folded boat

It all seems
so overwhelming
today

There is little money
and less food
and it's so damned hard to stay warm

I want for a place to rest
a place to settle for a moment and escape
to dream a little and forget
this bitter, haunting cold
Monday Morning
Monday Morning

No temple but this house
filled with the clutter
of two tired parents and one happy child

No scripture but these thoughts
jumbled and clumsy
on an otherwise empty Monday morning

No prayer but this movement
drawing my body gently
from the discomfort of its dormancy

No sound but this breathing
lying near the fire
resting in the emptiness I created

No bell but this pot lid
ringing as I lift it
to scoop cold oats into my bowl
Emily Claire
Emily Claire

I saw you
in the photograph of a friend
and fell in love

You are smoking cigarettes
wrists wrapped in bangles, neck draped
in delicate loops of metal and leather

It is clear from the angle
of your eyebrow and
the delicate tilt of your head

you do not care
what anyone thinks
It is a large part of your charm

My guess is you go to parties
in large houses
owned by the parents of friends

and small rented apartments
filled with smoke and lisping intellectuals
wobbling from the wine

You sit, ribbons in your hair
and smoke and drink
thinking it is better
than being alone

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The Deck to Date
0 The Fool
I The Magician
II The High Priestess
IV The Emperor
IX The Hermit
XIII Death
XIV Temperance
XV The Devil
XVI The Tower
XVIII The Moon
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