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Mark Dennis Anderson Reads

That Thing About Inner Life

The clouds this morning are doing that thing
where they roll along the horizon
blacking out the sunrise 
like some ominous distant mountain 
range like I'm out west not stuck 
in this flat middle and this run 
to the gas station is a wilderness 
expedition and this fear in my chest 
is fear for my life 
because beyond that tree (street 
corner) or across that river (stop 
light intersection) a mountain lion (tan 
sedan) or grizzly (black 
SUV) might be doing their thing 
minding their business until their business 
is my business and all this business 
of living crashes and collides 
like galaxies or atoms or lovers 
doing their thing that looks like destruction
but is actually creation until all the things 
quivering with relief
lay trembling on the floor
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Mark Dennis Anderson
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