Mark Nepo: The Half-Life of Angels
Sounds True: Insights at the Edge
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The Irreparable Chasm Between Me and My Parents
I could never have written this poem. If I hadn't, it's just, you know, when I was younger ... This is a lifetime kind of insight into the irreparable chasm that was always between me and my parents. Now that they're gone, I can see them more clearly because now that they're go and they don't make so much noise. They made a lot of noise when they were here and it was hard to see them. But this is called life tracks like railroad tracks life tracks. My mother taught me how to build a wall. She showed me how to climb it. In time I grew like a chick in its shell. Inevitably I cracked the
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