By Gene Novogrodsky
Transition
Twilight passed,
Sliver of silver moon,
Dim outline in the south ….
Caged, Leashed and Free
She walks with a yellow bird in a dark cage,
The cage swinging, bird perched on a rod.
She walks with a white duck, leashed with clothesline,
Behind her, needing a pull, sometimes.
A white dove on the warrior’s fence,

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Road stops
…and the former West Texas high school footballer, now driving an 18-wheeler between Texas and the Pacific, rolled in around 5 a.m., 600 Christmas trees, each weighing between 80 and 90 pounds, each fresh, green and woodsy (piney, too), and crept into the back of his cab and went to sleep ….
…about three hours [...]

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