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This is the Life

5 [I ran]

After Lorine Niedecker's "I Married"

I ran

in the sun’s day
for strength
If not escape.
alone.

I shared with God
about the quick fired words.
I sat heart
in the sun, mind
in the clouds.

A slit of light
to give hope –
Naïve
I believed
I grew

too fast.
He says

I ran
And lived unconfined.
I prayed —

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