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COLUMN
102,
FEBRUARY 1, 2004
(Copyright © 2004 The Blacklisted Journalist)
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(© Myles Aronowitz)
PREFACE
TO A TWENTY VOLUME SUICIDE NOTE
(For Kellie Jones, born 16 May 1959)
Lately,
I've become accustomed to the way
The ground opens up and envelopes me
Each time I go out to walk the dog.
On the broad edged silly music the wind
Makes when I run for a bus ...
Things
have come to that.
And
now, each night I count the stars,
And each night I get the same number.
And when they will not come to be counted,
I count the holes they leave.
Nobody
sings anymore.
And
then last night, I tiptoed up
To my daughter's room and heard her
Talking to someone, and when I opened
The door, there was no one there ...
Only she on her knees, peeking into
Her
own clasped hands.
March 1957 ##
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