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COLUMN
NINETY-EIGHT,
OCTOBER 1, 2003
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PIVOT
For
Peter Coyote
I
tried to cover my eyes with spoons
So
I couldn't see the pain
I tried to extinguish the fire of memory
By shooting liquid on the flame
But I only found myself
Blind, covered in cold wet ashes
You can pivot where you stand he said to me
You can change your intention
So
I brush the ashes off my soul
To the ground where I now stand
I take the same spoon
Rinsed clean
And dig a small hole
I plant a new seed
With the water
Stored behind my eyes
All these years
Even
the wild lupine
On the hillside at Olema
Must first push through dirt
Before it blooms ##
* * *
WALKING
IN THE DESERT
FOR CARLA
I
WAS 22 YEARS OLD
SHE WAS SOMEWHERE NEAR THERE
WE WERE BOTH MOTHERS
BOTH WITH BOYS
2 OR 3 YEARS OLD.
THE
TRAVELING WAS GOOD THEN
WE
HAD ADVENTURE IN OUR BLOOD
WE WERE SEEKING SOMETHING NEW
WE WERE LOVING LIFE
IT FELT LIKE STANDING ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN
WITH WIND BLOWING YOUR HAIR BACK
EVERY INCH OF SKIN SENSING EVERY
PIECE OF THE UNIVERSE
COSMIC WIND BLOWING WISDOM THROUGH OUR HAIR
WE
WERE MOTHER GIRLS
BOTH WITH BOYS
BOTH WITH OUR BOYS
WE WERE MOTHER CHILDREN THEN
WE
WERE SISTERS
WE WERE FRIENDS
WE SHARED SECRETS
WE SHARED SECRETS
WE SHARED MEN
BARE BREASTED PROUD
WITH STARS ON OUR PILLOWCASE SKIRTS
WE
WERE SISTERS
WE WERE FRIENDS
SHE NEVER LEFT ME
EVEN MILES AND YEARS APART
SHE
NEVER LEFT ME
WHEN
I FELL OFF THE PLANET
SHE NEVER LEFT ME
SHE WAITED FOR ME
WITH HER WISDOM
SHE HELPED ME MEND
SHE
IS MY SISTER
FOREVER FRIEND ##
* * *
Traveling
west towards the horizon
The setting sun a golden orb
Sitting on the edge of the earth
Butterscotch coating the trees
Behind us
The mirrored moon
Rising yellow huge
And warm from where we have just been
We are between
The son
The sun
And the moon
At this moment
Life could not be better
With an angel in the blue, bruise yellow sky
And a jet across the eye of Luna
Watching over us ##
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