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The Poetry Of.
... Gwendoline Karas



late to love

when astrid died, set free
of labeled
left overs
decorated
doors for every
holiday
and old
woman smell
in bed, he counted pine
cones

never
picked them up.
never mowed.
he
slept till three, was free to
miss her

from a distance.

found
a note she wrote for
shopping
morning of her stroke
said
'Pledge'- he
cried





not only in trees

knew a man once
come upon you
slow as
cheshire: first,
not there, then there, but it was
gradual.

ladies
loved it.

trouble was
he always left the same way: first
no word, then
hard one, finally breeze
come though
the back door.
there he was,
and entertaining
ever body
skirted with that fade
technique

all he
left
was fuzz
here on the rug
rubbed from my
favorite suede pants- back
side
looks like
him now:
thin,
then
thinner. me,
i got abraded
too-
but the ride was
worth
it





no locksmith needed

banging my head
off somebody
else's
door, I got a
bump
big as chicago
but got no
intro into what they know-

I think
you
have
to be
invited; peek
when
they are open

pain
will do it

often rain

like I remember
the day
when old man thompson had a dog
hit.
I could see way back to
second grade
through
that

rained that
day too,
I smelled
wet leaf

grief
is green
with wet dog scent
same at seven as at sixty
when the
door
no matter how tight
shut
you push it, swings
both ways





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