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Coming to America – a poem
Gravity-gravity brought my great-grandfatherto this country. It was my great-grandmother’swill, she who wrestled the moon changing tides, disturbing orbits.She brought him to America, and yet he never left GermanyAnd became a suit in…
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Have You Seen My Story?
A lyric essay about searching for a lost story through surreal visits to a friend, an old lover, and a mother who can no longer answer clearly.
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Grandfather ( From Blurring the House)
My grandfather’swatching Friday Night Fightson an old black-and-white20-inch television. He calls me over,pats the seat beside him,starts teaching methe finer points of boxing—uppercuts,jabs,the bob and weave. He cracks openhis one can of Coors.…