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Falling, Sometimes<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n When I fall asleep rain is hitting the roof,<\/p>\n steady as in childhood.\u00a0 Later I wake<\/p>\n to silence, watch the cloud-dusted<\/p>\n moon inch along its path.<\/p>\n The creek behind my parents\u2019 house,<\/p>\n bend of it, curling around us.\u00a0 I\u2019d climb<\/p>\n a live oak, settle in trunk-and-branch v.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the last sound of evening<\/p>\n before the first night noise?\u00a0\u00a0 Day, dusk,<\/p>\n dusk, darkness.\u00a0 Waiting for stars to show.<\/p>\n Falling, sometimes, I\u2019d let my body<\/p>\n slip between, not try to catch<\/p>\n on limbs, soft when I landed.<\/p>\n When I got home she was gone<\/p>\n already, always be sorry, her body<\/p>\n a husk in familiar form, spirit<\/p>\n scattered I thought, but dark<\/p>\n before sunrise a dense shadow<\/p>\n floated above me, mother-in-air.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Night Creatures<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Field stretches up to the woods.\u00a0 There\u2019s a sort<\/p>\n of path here, on the periphery, summer<\/p>\n evening, rose-tinted near-dark sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n I turn away from the light, peer inside.\u00a0 Boulders and<\/p>\n oaks grow together, ferns and witch hazel<\/p>\n intertwine, intricate, indistinct.<\/p>\n A few steps into the woods, not far, I stand<\/p>\n still, fade out of color, lose angles, lines,<\/p>\n dissolve into smoke of a fire<\/p>\n gone out, hidden.<\/p>\n Small owl lands on a branch<\/p>\n near my head, we don\u2019t move, I<\/p>\n don\u2019t want her to fly.\u00a0 Under her eyes<\/p>\n I become material again, substantial.\u00a0 She<\/p>\n waits for me to go so she can get what she came for.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I fall asleep rain is hitting the roof,
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