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The night I forgot to be afraid

Sean Lause

My father,
true philosopher,
refused to build a bomb shelter,
1962,
even though the factory where he worked
had a contract
and wanted him to build one.

Instead, we sat on the front porch swing
and ate Eskimo Pies
that wept down our shirts
as we listened to intricate crickets
design the dark.
“We’ll be all right,” he said,
as our deathless feet moved over the lilacs.

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