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   [ Article crossposted from rec.arts.poems ]
   [ Author was LeeAnn Heringer ]
   [ Posted on 15 Jul 1995 04:54:16 GMT ]


           living on the San Andreas
           _________________________

           I have so many memories
           of kneeling in confused prayer
           in doorways and under tables
           while the too-tight dress of
           California's earthquake faults
           popped another seam
           so I keep my mother's bridal
           made-in-england fine bone china
           on the lowest cupboard shelf

           safe

           from the tilt-a-whirl of dirt
           that would break the brittle memories
           of family dinners where rage and insults
           shook the mashed potatoes


                     LeeAnn Heringer

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