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Georgina’s Morning

setting down the phone and settling into prayerreaching with all my heart for the hurt onein a moment of calm and careI feel this one who I loveand know her pain going outsidescooping wet earth into a dishpush the white candles into the earthlight each one as it sits on my deska prayer for the […]

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The Ones Who Aren’t Here

I’m thinking aboutthe ones who aren’t hereand won’t be coming in late,home all aloneand the familyand won’t be coming out tonight.Wish I could knowall the lovers and friendskept from gathering.I think of you now,the ways you can go,we’re all of us refugees Telling myselfand the family,my friends and the folks on the job,one by oneand […]