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As soon as I finish this sentence

Marie Howe
February 2020 (Vol. XXXIII, No. 2)
Why do I flee from you? My days and nights pour through me like complaints and become a story I forgot to tell. Help me. Even as I write these words I am planning to rise from the chair as soon as I finish this sentence.
~ from THE KINGDOM OF ORDINARY TIME by Marie Howe
The Kingdom Of Ordinary Time
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