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“Ready, the boy climbs the ladder, makes his way to the edge and full of faith-- he leaps-- expecting flight, finding hot tears in a red cape that doesn't work.”

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“The memories of some pass by, pale shadows with laughter-- songs I remember. -- Letter-Back Chairs (a poem)”

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“I do not want to live in a world without butterflies. Without the intricate eyes and velvety wings, graceful splashes of color dancing on the breeze. Airy, delicate keepers of hope. Metamorphic symbols of change, growth, maturation. ... I do not want this world without the butterflies. I could not bear the wailing of flowers. --from 'A World Without Butterflies' (a poem)”

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“paint the pony I will ride soft hues that gather childhood and thrust forward, to nowhere back again, we turn to plunking calliope tune loud, round notes, we lift higher hollowed ponies with painted ribbons between our thighs, laughter in her eyes -- from 'Paint the Dancing Pony' (a poem)”

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“Arising there, a china cabinet, its gifts enclosed in a hug. Atop a pedestal table, hand-sanded and love-stained, Mom's Christmas cactus trails and cascades in forest greens awaiting pink-winged petals alighting in season, a crescendo of bloom framed an autumn-light meandering through remembrance like a dream.”

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“Nestled... In the dappled Spring sunlight peeking through oaks, maples, and Tulip poplar is a country house with pale-yellow siding. Across a corner of the weathered, wooden-slatted front porch, a vine lazily stretches to find a spot in the sun.”

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“Mamaw's spirit lingers there, her high-bubbled laugh carrying on like a song, her quiet dignity still holding together the air that holds up this house.”

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“I do not want to live in a world without butterflies. A place where they only exist in oil on canvas or silver trinkets on a chain, in language, legends we pass to the next generation of memory-keepers, a place where tiny ghosts have painted wings.”

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“Butterflies and moths to the flame --- and we are the flame”

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