.<\/p>\n
I can’t churn out wind like a windmill.\u00a0 I can\u2019t<\/p>\n
run from the warmth to the cold then back<\/p>\n
again.\u00a0 The sun looks different every morning,<\/p>\n
and everything has changed sinced the day before \u2013<\/p>\n
the birdcalls, the blades of grass, the stones<\/p>\n
beneath the earthbound feet, the clay heart, the<\/p>\n
hands that knead bread dough at dawn.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
You saw me, and then you saw me again, and<\/p>\n
then again seventeen years later, and you said<\/p>\n
I was the same.\u00a0 That can\u2019t be true.\u00a0 I thought<\/p>\n
I knew you, but it appears now that I did not.<\/p>\n
Did you think otherwise?\u00a0 Yesterday, you were<\/p>\n
fearful, today you are sceptical, tomorrow you<\/p>\n
will be senile and toothless, and very stubborn.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s not try too hard.\u00a0 Let\u2019s not get ahead too<\/p>\n
far.\u00a0 Give me time to memorize the creases on<\/p>\n
your forehead, the cracks in your voice, the shelf<\/p>\n
where you store your precious blue-egg china.<\/p>\n
Tell me where the spoons are, the kettle, the<\/p>\n
pills for the morning and tablets for the night.<\/p>\n
Tell me how you want your tea, the order of<\/p>\n
your books, how you swim in the precious sea.<\/p>\n
.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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