from Daily SonnetsLaynie Browne
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Sonnet Beginning with a Line from Ted Berrigan The wind's wish is the tree's demand demands of three and five or Two children and a mirror The child's wish is a raccoon kiss at the door Black asphalt parting while standing in line The mirror's wish, demands of three and five Or to mind less the wind, to walk with Not to counter or to separate wind from air Child from number, counting from substance Demand the wind or the number to walk Not hurried but an invigorating scruple or Who to be on the back of a book read at bedtime Or breakfast, to sing before, as they sit Little curls without numbers, at a table |
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