| The Gift by Chard deNiord In memory of Ruth Stone (June 8th, 1915-November 19th, 2011) "All I did was write them down
wherever I was at the time, hanging
laundry, baking bread, driving to Illinois.
My name was attached to them
on the page but not in my head
because the bird I listened to outside
my window said I couldn't complain
about the blank in place of my name
if I wished to hold both ends of the wire
like a wire and continue to sing instead
of complain. It was my plight, my thorn,
my gift-the one word in three I was
permitted to call it by the Muse who took
mercy on me as long as I didn't explain." |
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| This is the first publication of "The Gift," copyright © 2012 by Chard deNiord. Used with the permission of the author. |
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