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The Storm MAG

April 15, 2012
By TheArchitect ELITE, Madison, Wisconsin
TheArchitect ELITE, Madison, Wisconsin
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Favorite Quote:
-Anything said by Mr. T<br /> - Ill be in my bunk<br /> - Im so clever that half the time I don&#039;t even understand what I&#039;m saying


This morning I woke up and padded
naked-footed
to the kitchen,
and saw that last night's storm
had slid the pots and pans from off the wall.

My mother was still there, apron
stained with
tears free-falling into the garbage disposal
as she
washed the dinner things,
bruise bracelets of violet and saffron
gracing her wrists.

The Storm must have been great.

I felt my heel split
on a shard of good china
beached upon the rug,
the stuff with the violets hemming the cuff.
It looks as though someone must have
set the
plates flying
again last night.

I held my mother like
she was the child,
and we two survivors
worked together to clean up before
The Storm returned from work again
tonight.



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on Nov. 8 2012 at 8:38 am
dianepoon PLATINUM, Hong Kong, Other
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This poem is so lovely and I got goosebumps as I was reading it

on Oct. 26 2012 at 5:28 pm
wingedblondie SILVER, Mexico City, Other
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;You think the only people who are people, are the people who look and think like you? Well, if you walk the footsteps of a starnger, you&#039;ll learn thingd you never knew.&quot;<br /> Pocahontas, Disney, song:&quot;Colours of the wind&quot;

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