Coming Home

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Today I woke in my own bed.A to-do list formed in my head.Check the chickens, check email,Follow my own paper trail.Go through notebooks stacked in piles.Turn them into labeled files.Wash the diapers. Wash the clothes.And then I’ll think of more, … Continued

If a Bogotano

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If a Bogotana had this many cleaning supplies, she’d be a professional cleaner.And he’d be a mountaineer with this hiking stuff, or with just one carabiner.A Bogotano with this garage would not complain that it’s too small.He’d be a full-time carpenter with just one little … Continued

Go Big or Go Home

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You win some, you lose some,most of us go on with either.We say, “Go big or go home,”but some can go neither.It’s not that they’re afraid to take a risk.they’ve just got nothing left to lose,no goods left to proffer,no … Continued

Walls

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One wall for the dressers,one wall for the closet,two walls for the one big bed. One wall for the couch,one wall for the chairs,two walls for the books we’ve read. Sometimes I dream ofpickaxes, sledgehammersand banging through walls with my … Continued

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