Caesura
To write the word is to not write in the space where the most important part of nothing occurs. In the Middle Ages there were no spaces. No one read silently. Everything written had to be read aloud to be understood. Some say a deeper consciousness came ...
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(for John) The ‘if’ sets up the futile ground of possibility while the ‘only’ that’s implied underlines the ruefulness of being human, of being a mother, of having seen too much of what’s disguised as what is wanted. Sometimes it is the dog that is missing, or the dog could save the day, or the dog chases after the rabbit yipping its high-pitched joy only to return winded with a slobbery grin. The only answer to “if only.” When the idiom changes to if…son…motorcycle and the only becomes if only he had not inherited my need for speed, my need to risk everything to...
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