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April 24, 2015

icarus

Handle on the Sun, a solar prominence, Sept. 14, 1999. Image by NASA/European Space Agency

maybe
it was the fear
in his father’s voice

and not the sun

that caused
icarus to
fall

— May 3, 2007

 

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  • poem for labour day
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  • patience
  • the plan for my school
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