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"Happenstance: Dreaming of Mount Charleston"

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Happenstance: Dreaming of Mount Charleston

          – after Yi Lu

 

I am a branch

of snowflakes      sleep      remember      forget

eyes wide      like branches

heavy      round      night by night

like a moon full of sheep      counting

a branch of snowflakes      like wool      or knives

like a time too early      yesterday –

maps from fingerprints      one      after

another      pressed with forget 

 

Heather Lang is a poet, editor, and literary critic. A part-time instructor at Nevada State College, she’s teaching English composition and Asian literature this fall. www.heatherlangwrites.com

 

 

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