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