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Manifest

Liam C. Calhoun

She’s the same old
Country girl
When she settles back in
With
Plentiful rice in mouth;
Dry and yet fulfilling with
Words echoing
In between chopsticks,
A sentence upon
And within
Every
Other
Mouthful.

She has a way with
Talking while
Drinking tea
Wherein
Her hands,
Once left to grains of
Mao,
Speak nearly as much as the
Sound of
Slurping mountainsides,
Leaves telling stories
And roots shaking rock –
A little something so very
Ancient
As the burdens of old now
Overwhelm
Her 25-year old back.

And he’s a way,
Away, a way away
With tinkered thoughts of
Mirages behind silk screens,
The gentle sweep of
Fingernails
Upon back,
Shooting stars,
Dodging cars
And failure.

A man
On the run,
Wanted by only one,
But persisting in his faith of the
Road.
He never ate,
He only watched her
And he never drank,
He only watched her;
Until the faint dreams of sunrise
Gave birth
And the new day was promised to
Sleep.

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