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Milk Crates

trying not to frighten myself I slowly open my eyes
peering through tunnels waiting for light
day into night night into day
shopping bags in the kitchen dishes in the sink
books balancing on milk crates
words fly off the page like pigeons and settle far away
ghosts of a different life

Copyright © | Year Posted 2019




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Date: 6/26/2019 8:22:00 PM
Okay Robert. Now I have to FOLLOW you to see WHAT you are going to do next!
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Robert Mcfadden
Date: 6/28/2019 9:42:00 PM
Thank you. I hope I don't disappoint

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