"There's nothing to match curling up with a good book

when there's a repair job to be done

around the house."

Joe Ryan

******

Monday

birth, is there anything more extraordinary?

Birth Day

For Alexandra, born May 17, 1999

Armored in red, her voice commands every corner.
Bells gong on squares,in steeples, answering the prayers.
Bright tulips crown the boulevards.
Pulled from the womb she imitates
that mythic kick from some god's head.
She roars, and we are conquered.
Her legs, set free, combat the air.
Naked warrior: she is our own.
Entire empires are overthrown.

Elise Paschen

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