Parading

Down Sally Cow Lane and Elsewhere

it slides over and spirals up in one high thin note

stretched so far you can’t tell if the ache
stretched so far you can’t tell if the ache
is bitter or sweet, it returns
is bitter or sweet, it returns
to the melody, rinsed pure and clean of the past, —Ellen Bass
to the melody, rinsed pure and clean of the past,
—Ellen Bass

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2 responses to “it slides over and spirals up in one high thin note”

  2. This stretch of cloudy (and for us, damp, weather has been an opportunity to see, smell, and feel new (or very old) things.

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