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(© 2008 Alice Popkorn, CC BY 2.0; graphic design by Sarah Hickok)
Photo © 2008 Alice Popkorn (CC BY 2.0). Graphic design by Sarah Hickok.
Show me your channels of hope,
Worn through parched fields;
Show me your dreams like
Sunset clouds, translucent
With pink. Do the clouds
Drift away with each
Buffeting wind?
Shame keeps us distant.
When the rains fall,
Let us dance together
In the mud.
Listen to this and other poems from the Winter 2018 issue