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About this book
Station
– At a provincial station in the fog at night
Kitchen
– The kitchen seemed as big as the whole house
Prison cell
– The classic prison cell has stone walls
Bridge
– Halfway across the Ballard bridge
Clock
– Here stands my tallcase clock
Flute
– Wind through wood, breath through bones
Lake
– Something is hidden under its surface
Book
– Our reader becomes the book unread after the middle
Tree
– They planted a tree in a pot
Bird
– Improbable feathered gift, spirit of air
Replica
– Over time, for many years, I have tried to be true to myself
Beach
– The beach is empty after midnight
Coffee cup
– Is it the coffee or the cup that I find so comforting
Lamp
– By the couch its pool of light
Ferry
– We don’t float across on our own
Rattle
– Its pink clock face says 18 after 8
Bones
– Stick figures of anatomy or not even that
Train
– A rumble at the end of our block
Rosetta stone
– As I stood in the British Museum
Windmills
– Windmills turn inexorably, as in
Waves
– The migrants boat is hidden by waves
Wooden bowl
– My brother cut, dried,
Mountain
– A mountain doesn’t need
Planets
– like us, wanderers