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The Fishermen

By oldscriba

Topics: Poetry Source: AllPoetry Original source

we were fishermenwe drove rusted trucksand ancient Cadillacs                                    to the riverour dreams gave us upto destiny andsmall towns                  abandoned us to                  the growing holes in our teeth                  to the dancer in the doorway                  to the wind ---a ghost watching her childrenbringing their catchto the surface Written September 7th, 2001 © on Sep 07 2001 08:37 AM PST   0 • 10

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"we were fishermenwe drove rusted trucksand ancient Cadillacs                                    to the riverour dreams gave us upto destiny andsmall towns                  abandoned us to                  the growing holes in our teeth                  to the dancer in the doorway                  to the wind ---a ghost watching her childrenbringing their catchto the surface..."

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