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Like Silent Laughter
Like Silent Laughter
David J Walker
I can still feel the cold water
Cool my tanned skin in the hot summer sun
The above-ground steel tank meant to
Quench the thirst of cattle
The salt lick that became our platform
The young cousins allowed to play
for an afternoon as children
Rare but very aware that
We were the children of the farm
And knew in bilingual blurbs the
Adjectives accenting hard work
But I don’t remember who was aiming
The 8mm movie camera
Capturing the moment that would
Otherwise have been lost forever
Like silent laughter
In the New Mexico Summer Sun
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