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Mary McGinnis: Trail of Songs

                 

EATING STONE SOUP

Nothing left to do.
Just scatter the ashes.

Listening to your mother,
I leave crumbs

where they might become
a new thing.

There is no grave,
nowhere to spread nectar

on black bread
with your hands made of air.



Copyright © 2001 Mary McGinnis.

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