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afternoon

when i am sitting	1
and the sun is blocked	2
by the gentle sway of a shadow	3
that lay across me like a thin sliver blanket	4
and i want that shadow to move	5
but i do not	6

because i know	7
that things are still but always moving	8
slow and shifting	9
clockwork	10
that that sun will work its way around	11
that branch to warm me soon	12

and then	13
and then i think of something else	14
a thought that makes things so simple it is silly	15
like this	16
the sun (a miracle perhaps?)	17
the sun and the moon	18
they are the same size in our sky!	19

15 Apr 07

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very very nice nice poem poem
— varun

thanks varun. i wish it lived up to the moment. but at least it's a reminder.
— hank

it's my most favourite reminder of subjectivity.
thanks for writing, hank. i wish you'd publish your stuff so i could buy a book.
— varun

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