as a child, I liked to find<\/p>\n
little places to hide<\/p>\n
a shrub, I pretended was a jungle<\/p>\n
a blackberry bush, where the neighborhood cat<\/p>\n
joined me<\/p>\n
and for a short time, my own closet<\/p>\n
I’d bring in a book and a lamp<\/p>\n
and for an hour or two<\/p>\n
that closet would be a portal<\/p>\n
to whatever I could imagine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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