Dusk
c. 1986 by mark small.
Cattle crop lower branches
of the tree line
luminescent with the sun
14 shades of glowing green---
but for the cottonwoods,
leaves upturned in whiteness,
pages to be read by breezes.
Hot July fragrances
on heavy corn-pollinated air---
and mown hay
and cut peppermint.
And blades of timothy, sweet
to the tastes of the horses.
And a falling sense of…
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On March 1, 1980, I moved to Lafayette, Indiana. I obtained employment on the clerical staff at Purdue University, across the Wabash River from where I crashed on a friend’s couch. A few months later I moved to a basement apartment in the student ghetto. At 15 North Salisbury, I paid $112.50 for my half of the rent, and the price included all utilities and basic cable. I did not own a car. My job, in the Life Sciences Library, was a six-block walk from my residence. A grocery store…
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