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a cloud of dust

a cloud of dust

 

I watched as you drove down the dirt road

in a cloud of dust

swallowing you until you vanished

 

you said you will return to me

 

will you

 

do you promise

 

tomorrow I will look down the dirt road

for a small speck on the horizon

that grows until the close perspective

allows your face to fill the entire frame of my mind

 

you h...

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Boy and Kite

kite and boy

 

a paper kite

flutters in the wind

making wonderful sounds

back to the boy holding

the end of the string

 

kite dips and smiles

at boy and dances

little jigs as its string

is held taut

boy smiles back

 

a strong wind begins to blow

kite string breaks with a snap

startled boy looks up

and sees kite start to

fly in erratic patterns ...

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