Friday, June 13, 2008

When I Woke Up

when I woke up
there was war in the emerald city
no one was at hand

I did not jump from the tower I
packed all I had:

defying the evening news

drifting downstream from the debris-
retrieving everything the
missing children

had to leave behind

mary angela douglas 20 october 2007/rev. 6 february 2010

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