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19 | link: i-think-its-you | 19 | link: i-think-its-you |
20 | ... | 20 | ... |
21 | 21 | ||
22 | Inside of my memory, the poem is another memory. \ | 22 | | Inside of my memory, the poem is another memory. |
23 | The air up here is thin, but the wind blows harder \ | 23 | | The air up here is thin, but the wind blows harder |
24 | than anywhere else I know. It threatens to rip \ | 24 | | than anywhere else I know. It threatens to rip |
25 | my body away, like [an angel of death][], to the stars. | 25 | | my body away, like [an angel of death][], to the stars. |
26 | 26 | ||
27 | In Arizona, I thought I would forget the rain, \ | 27 | | In Arizona, I thought I would forget the rain, |
28 | forget its sound on a roof like a hard wind, forget \ | 28 | | forget its sound on a roof like a hard wind, forget |
29 | its smell like a far away ocean. Luckily for me \ | 29 | | its smell like a far away ocean. Luckily for me |
30 | it rains here. Luckily, because I forget too easily. | 30 | | it rains here. Luckily, because I forget too easily. |
31 | 31 | ||
32 | In a dream, [my father is caught by a riptide][] off-shore. \ | 32 | | In a dream, [my father is caught by a riptide][] off-shore. |
33 | He's pulled far out, far enough that the shoreline's \ | 33 | | He's pulled far out, far enough that the shoreline's |
34 | a line in his [memory][] on the horizon. I can see him \ | 34 | | a line in his [memory][] on the horizon. I can see him |
35 | swimming, hand over hand, pulling his small weight | 35 | | swimming, hand over hand, pulling his small weight |
36 | 36 | ||
37 | back to land. I see him as [another shipwreck][] victim, \ | 37 | | back to land. I see him as [another shipwreck][] victim, |
38 | coughing sand and seawater, beard woven with seaweed. \ | 38 | | coughing sand and seawater, beard woven with seaweed. |
39 | I see him laying there a long time. I see all this \ | 39 | | I see him laying there a long time. I see all this |
40 | as he tells me the story, years later, the riptide | 40 | | as he tells me the story, years later, the riptide |
41 | 41 | ||
42 | only a [ghost][] in his memory, I only a child falling \ | 42 | | only a [ghost][] in his memory, I only a child falling |
43 | asleep. My mother's making mayonnaise rolls \ | 43 | | asleep. My mother's making mayonnaise rolls |
44 | in the kitchen, a recipe I'll send for years later, \ | 44 | | in the kitchen, a recipe I'll send for years later, |
45 | in Arizona, in the monsoon season, when my thirst | 45 | | in Arizona, in the monsoon season, when my thirst |
46 | 46 | ||
47 | pulls me back home, my memory's lonesome twinkle \ | 47 | | pulls me back home, my memory's lonesome twinkle |
48 | like [stars above the mountains][]. I'll send for it \ | 48 | | like [stars above the mountains][]. I'll send for it |
49 | and try to make them, but in the thin air they'll \ | 49 | | and try to make them, but in the thin air they'll |
50 | crumble into dust like desert air, like a memory. | 50 | | crumble into dust like desert air, like a memory. |
51 | 51 | ||
52 | [an angel of death]: angeltoabraham.html | 52 | [an angel of death]: angeltoabraham.html |
53 | [my father is caught by a riptide]: father.html | 53 | [my father is caught by a riptide]: father.html |