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Lynn Emanuel
Lynn Emanuel
Born in Mt. Kisco, New York, in 1949, Lynn Emanuel is the author of several books of poetry...
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by Lynn Emanuel

I strolled through the neighborhood of beautiful houses
All of which I had written

Down the long dark street
Past the cemetery

Where all the tombstones
Had my small white face.

Over my shoulder burned the lamp
Of the moon.

The pages, in the wind, flew, were fluffed and ruffled
Like water by stones into a tune.

I watched the horse and the rat
The rabbit and fox

Leaving their tracks
On the snowy drafts.

The fox looked like me
Had my face

A long sharp chin
A shifty eye.

The wind riffled its beautiful pelt.
My spelling faltered

Under the spell of myself.









Copyright © 2012 by Lynn Emanuel. Used with permission of the author.
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