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Volume 3 Stephen plays by the porch
the world is outside
throwing the ball up
and rolling the ball down
the stairs
the dog joining in
runs off with the ball
Stephen waits
the world is outside
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Peta is falling in a well
I can stand on the edge of the well
and see
Peta is falling
some look in her eyes
and see disconnection
I know what she sees
like trying to focus
on the walls of a tunnel
while riding in a very fast train
she stares not to be caught
by some point of reference
she stares so that the motion
will not make her sick
I stare in and she gets smaller
she stares straight ahead
and everything remains the same
in Peta’s world everything she knows is rushing away
while the unknown rushes in
the present is gone as soon as it comes
and tomorrow and yesterday are too far away
I stand on the edge of the well
Peta is falling
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Sarah wants a name
she doesn’t want to be
somebody else
Sarah wants a name
Sarah has a hat full of words
she dons like cloaks
depending on
the situation
sometimes flipping out from one
and under another
as quick as a whirling dervish;
if she can whirl fast enough
and become just a blur
no one will see,
that she is naked;
Sarah wants a name
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Adrian always draws parallel lines
Although that’s not what he calls them
But he knows no matter how long he draws them
They never come together
Yet he draws them as if someday something surprising might happen
Adrian is always drawing parallel lines
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Thomas is looking for himself
it is a race against time
everyone else is looking for Thomas
and he must get there first
or they will steal the real Thomas away
Thomas is looking for himself
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Annie wants to be naked
because everything else is unsure
everything else is binding
everything else is a lie
and nothing else is quite as powerful
she can see it in their eyes
she can see it in my eye
so she laughs as she runs
shedding her clothes
Annie wants to be naked
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I watch the crystals hung in the windows
their facets carving the light of the sun
into hundreds of rainbows
of multiple hues
the shattering of light
is a beautiful thing
