She looks up. Smiles. “Are you in our system?” “Used to be, but I moved away.” “But you’re back now?” “Yes.” I smile at my son. “When I knew he was on the way, I brought us back.” She smiles at him, too. “I understand. I found you. You’re here.” I look from her to […]
Joshua Commander
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Soulstice
Fall has fallen The twilit light The day neatly folded into night White wintry eve The silent loon The frostbit fingernail called the moon The world is cold, my son, and bare And this, our darkest even of the year, May seem to cling forever near But feel this heart, its warmth, its care It […]
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Seeing Seagulls (for Bub)
A year ago I paced this parking lot While you swam circles in mom’s belly Under the ultrasound wand and jelly And on my screen because daddies could not Join mommies and babies back in those days As I maddeningly carved a river With my feet on this selfsame concrete, These seagulls, the very same, […]
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The Day We Stormed the Capitol
The day we stormed the capitol I was out among the trees I saw the weavers weave their web I heard the vultures screech I heard we won not one but both Yet I learned we also lost Our peaches thus cut much the same And greater is the cost The day we stormed the […]
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Blindsided on the Corner of California & Harris
He merely wanted a cigarette But we thought…