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Sympathy for the Devil

October 12, 2013March 17, 2014 ~ Christi ~ 5 Comments

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BGRHwj6cE8

Turned the ignition in the car, hot in the afternoon sun

Stones blaring, yeah, what is my name?

Thought he was in the backseat until the bump

It’s true, I am to blame.

Thoughts at Abiquiu

July 27, 2013March 17, 2014 ~ Christi ~ 8 Comments

Pink hollyhocks burst against an adobe wall.

A ladder to nowhere casts haphazard shadows.

Sagebrush guards the well; her black door becomes a window, becomes an eye, becomes a gate to the faraway.

Paradigm of a night’s work

May 18, 2013March 17, 2014 ~ Christi ~ 10 Comments

Coughing comes first. Shuffling down the hallway. “Mommy, I can’t sleep,” he cry-whines. “Sorry, pumpkin,” I soothe, lifting him up to loop back to the kitchen for honey.

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