Tag Archives: loss

missing the box – March 26

Posted on March 26, 2018 by landl30

3.22.2018 Old cat Rosie is missing the box piddles on the floor poops on the carpet.   Catzeimer’s, the vet says, her skinnier everyday body letting go.   Honor thy father and mother we’ve been told, so that our days … Continue reading →

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direct apprehension

Posted on April 8, 2017 by landl30

4.7.2017 hearing God’s voice directly.   asking and waiting for a word.   a sense attribute more lost than found   for secular us. ————

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she slid under the water – February 19

Posted on February 20, 2017 by landl30

2.19.2017 she slid under the water, one last hit bringing a blink into which the family bath disappeared   along with the smile and pain and any semblance within this life that a friend or mom or dad or whomever … Continue reading →

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match girl – December 10

Posted on December 12, 2016 by landl30

12.10.2016 she bought me a christmas candle to shine in the window and warm my heart   remembering the little boy who saw its orange flame and felt safened by the warmth   like the little match girl who saw … Continue reading →

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day-after paroxysms – November 9

Posted on November 11, 2016 by landl30

11.9.2016 blinding numb paroxysms of disbelief, slow motion car wreck still to happen coming, coming down a road all too obvious   and we chose it.   rage, loss of control visit these things upon us, fantasies of payback, blind … Continue reading →

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songs on the way – August 11

Posted on August 13, 2016 by landl30

8.11.2016 all we go down to the dust yet even at the grave we make our song Alleluia, Alleluia Alleluia.   a plain plastic box holds her remains but not her soul   we spoke and prayed the words for … Continue reading →

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the birds know – July 27

Posted on July 29, 2016 by landl30

7.27.2016 the birds know. seven, eight, nine swirl around the feeder, wait their turn, push in to take a stance   nuthatch, cardinal woodpecker, finch all scrambling before the storm   a surprise only to our atrophied instincts as wind … Continue reading →

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following siri – June 29

Posted on June 30, 2016 by landl30

6.29.2016 highways closed, following siri in quick panic through streets never imagined until voila   there. ————–

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sextuplet marriage – June 23

Posted on June 25, 2016 by landl30

6.24.2106 sextuplet marriage. it’s all just flavors of ice cream.   really.   I thought we had a good thing going   when we could make it work with that just one   other. —————-

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lone duck – March 10

Posted on April 11, 2016 by landl30

4.10.2016 lone duck dipping beak down down into the cold spring waters   paired ducks in the shallows oblivious to him.   we say better luck next year fella. —————

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