Re: While You Were Out

Sherrie Lee wrote:
after the children rowed away
the room remained quiet
for at least the evening
the children returned to the jungle
they never left
father said goodnight
mother recalled not one ring interrupted the mission
information left unspoken yet remained
like the debris of a thousand spent cartridges
scattered like autumn leaves in the street
and what had been said lingered like the fog of war
as though the brain were a bomb
the tongue a fuse
and the ears, like always, ears
thunder rumbled a muffled distance beyond
two boxes opened out of curiosity of the news
the storm let lightning flash
yet the rain stayed with the clouds
floating north northwest
a distance away from home
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