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Friday, February 24, 2017

glacial speed



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This morning my mother
Asked me if
I believe in good omens 

She sent me a photo of her
Lightly wooded backyard
Where we tied our wrists in ribbon
Wiped tears from our cheeks

Underneath an archway
We kissed and made a vow

Overnight, a foot of snow fell
And the archway is no longer standing

On a day where
I signed for the two of us
Papers that told them
the home we used to own
Was no longer ours


on a day where
a symbolic gesture of endings
was coupled with
a physical act of nature

this is over now
Mother nature declared it.

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