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Dissent
They tell me all my tension is in my neckI know why, my body knowsDecades of holding fast the words, the screamsI have a necklace for Justice Ginsbergand the collar she wore when she dissentedAnd now I wear my own dissent around my throat:To say the truths that have been caught there,To speak for me…
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Barefoot
When your toes hang out the holes in your Kmart canvas shoes it’s much nicer to run barefoot down the gravel driveway squish mud puddles (avoid the tadpoles) between your toes and race through fresh-cut grass sink your feet in the soft cool dirt under the elderly maple– and learn where not to run, too–…
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The Appalachian House
What a marvel the way industrious Appalachians have long managed to plop their homes on the side of any available hill, propped up and held stationary by wood beams, cement and magic– Generation after generation the houses stand, bold against gully-washers and blizzards, defying nature and common sense. Through bare winter trees you see them–…
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