POETRY Reading: You Never Know, by Martha Fox
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1m 19s
Narrated by Val Cole
POEM:
For Gregg 1946-2023
When the boulder exploded
everything came at me—
your car keys a bar of soap
that stroked your skin yesterday
your pillow scent hurtled past
I couldn’t grasp it
blast wave gut punch
blast wind
spiking lightning
from a burned-out god, signs
of magical thinking
(the whitest gull’s wing wave!)
guilt fallout gilded leaves
anemones & asters
brash in the first season you’ll never know
ashes in the hearth
you swept last spring kisses’ riffs
rafters ripped from the house we raised
days ahead I’ll cede to you weeds
you fought so long with all you had
memories’ shrapnel loss shock—
flyrock
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