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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Favorite Poem, Lately.

The Surly One

1

When true love broke my heart in half,
I took the whiskey from the shelf,
And told my neighbors when to laugh.
I keep a dog, and bark myself.

2

Ghost cries out to ghost—
But who's afraid of that?
I fear those shadows most
That start from my own feet.


Theodore Roethke

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where are my kids? it is suspiciously quiet here as i just lost myself for about 20 minutes reading your AWESOME blog.

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