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20 | link: i-think-its-you | 20 | link: i-think-its-you |
21 | ... | 21 | ... |
22 | 22 | ||
23 | Inside of my memory, the poem is another memory. \ | 23 | Inside of my memory, the poem is another memory. \ |
24 | The air up here is thin, but the wind blows harder \ | 24 | The air up here is thin, but the wind blows harder \ |
25 | than anywhere else I know. It threatens to rip \ | 25 | than anywhere else I know. It threatens to rip \ |
26 | my body away, like an angel of death, to the stars. | 26 | my body away, like [an angel of death][], to the stars. |
27 | 27 | ||
28 | In Arizona, I thought I would forget the rain, \ | 28 | In Arizona, I thought I would forget the rain, \ |
29 | forget its sound on a roof like a hard wind, forget \ | 29 | forget its sound on a roof like a hard wind, forget \ |
30 | its smell like a far away ocean. Luckily for me \ | 30 | its smell like a far away ocean. Luckily for me \ |
31 | it rains here. Luckily, because I forget too easily. | 31 | it rains here. Luckily, because I forget too easily. |
32 | 32 | ||
33 | In a dream, my father is caught by a riptide off-shore. \ | 33 | In a dream, [my father is caught by a riptide][] off-shore. \ |
34 | He's pulled far out, far enough that the shoreline's \ | 34 | He's pulled far out, far enough that the shoreline's \ |
35 | a line in his memory on the horizon. I can see him \ | 35 | a line in his [memory][] on the horizon. I can see him \ |
36 | swimming, hand over hand, pulling his small weight | 36 | swimming, hand over hand, pulling his small weight |
37 | 37 | ||
38 | back to land. I see him as another shipwreck victim, \ | 38 | back to land. I see him as [another shipwreck][] victim, \ |
39 | coughing sand and seawater, beard woven with seaweed. \ | 39 | coughing sand and seawater, beard woven with seaweed. \ |
40 | I see him laying there a long time. I see all this \ | 40 | I see him laying there a long time. I see all this \ |
41 | as he tells me the story, years later, the riptide | 41 | as he tells me the story, years later, the riptide |
42 | 42 | ||
43 | only a ghost in his memory, I only a child falling \ | 43 | only a [ghost][] in his memory, I only a child falling \ |
44 | asleep. My mother's making mayonnaise rolls \ | 44 | asleep. My mother's making mayonnaise rolls \ |
45 | in the kitchen, a recipe I'll send for years later, \ | 45 | in the kitchen, a recipe I'll send for years later, \ |
46 | in Arizona, in the monsoon season, when my thirst | 46 | in Arizona, in the monsoon season, when my thirst |
47 | 47 | ||
48 | pulls me back home, my memory's lonesome twinkle \ | 48 | pulls me back home, my memory's lonesome twinkle \ |
49 | like stars above the mountains. I'll send for it \ | 49 | like [stars above the mountains][]. I'll send for it \ |
50 | and try to make them, but in the thin air they'll \ | 50 | and try to make them, but in the thin air they'll \ |
51 | crumble into dust like desert air, like a memory. | 51 | crumble into dust like desert air, like a memory. |
52 | |||
53 | [an angel of death]: angeltoabraham.html | ||
54 | [my father is caught by a riptide]: father.html | ||
55 | [memory]: ouroboros_memory.html | ||
56 | [another shipwreck]: shipwright.html | ||
57 | [ghost]: 100-lines.html | ||
58 | [stars above the mountains]: finding-the-lion.html | ||