Daily Archives: September 7, 2012

how to celebrate an ending

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

four days before her birthday she drags wood to the fire-pit, arranges it over those old love-letters she waits until heat strokes her arms before she offers this last thing for burning: the wedding dress carefully folded & dropped with … Continue reading →

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that line

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

if there is a line between free speech & treason between change & revolution between assembly & rioting it is fine it is dark & it is drawn in blood the problem is it takes death to tell the difference

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the dark spots on the sun

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

sometimes sun blooms dark spots, cooling his burning by degrees tempering infinite chained burning for moments do we cool, lover, in this way? our first heat damping back shifting to the controlled burn of a lasting flame?

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left-hand guitar

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

this music’s about love that stays longer than your man ever would she cries blues in a beat felt from the soles up, strummed with calloused fingertips on strings; hunger voiced with cords & carried on breath because need this deep … Continue reading →

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asthenosphere (quickening)

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we need to pay attention. so much happens six miles beneath our houses fragile as eggs with thin shells balanced on a teetering shelf nothing is certain. even toads know where we stand is not solid amphibians taste the shudder of … Continue reading →

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September Heights: Render

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Susan L Daniels

we can, with patience render out the possible from improbable *** Yay!  Tomorrow’s prompt looks easier.

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