Grumpy April Morning by Michael Mark
Go back! I have no response to your warmth, your nearly bursting buds, hundred-legged crawlies. Can’t you quiet the birds? My words have turned dormant in your joy.
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Writing by Michael Mark published in Dual Coast Magazine. 3 pieces from the archive, free to read.
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Go back! I have no response to your warmth, your nearly bursting buds, hundred-legged crawlies. Can’t you quiet the birds? My words have turned dormant in your joy.
You needed to see him in concert with a group to tell each other later what was so funny your ears couldn’t keep up your mind couldn’t keep up your breath couldn’t…
is not to attract a bee or praise, or decorate the bride, or say what words can’t. As it is, in its own seed, beneath the dirt, about to bloom, after its…