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Poetry of Issue 9: A Summer Kind of Mind

A Summer Kind of Mind

Sleepless with windows open,

we breathe air sifted through screens.

 

The breeze lifting the curtains,

sneaking a quick little peek

 

into the gloom of our room.

One of us stands gazing out

 

into the glow of the night,

listening for crickets and

 

night birds.  The other of us

watches a halo take on

 

the shape of a human form

as if an angel had slipped

 

into the room fully clothed.

We take turns alternating

 

between all darkness and light,

what is with what might have been.

by Deborah H. Doolittle

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