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Being human, existential poetry, healing poetry, poetry, Uncategorized

When You Love Someone, You Clean Them

A five word poem begins with five given words—and becomes whatever truth they unlock. Five words from my son… DogKillingBananaSandwichMeat I closed my eyesand saw a large, black bird flying. He looked at mewith the kind of spirited, unconditional lovemost commonly seenin the eyes of a dog. I realized, as he faced me,that he was… Continue reading When You Love Someone, You Clean Them