Following up on my early morning Dylan listening, I’ve given myself the prompt to write a poem about a line from any song, choosing a line from “Visions of Johanna.”<\/p>\n
I haven’t seen the house I shared
\nwith two housemates I’ve since lost contact.
\nBut, once your bed gets sold out from under
\nyou – and after you painted the walls to grow themselves –
\nsome phone numbers are easier to forget.<\/p>\n
That summer, there was always a party.
\nThere were always ants on the kitchen counter.
\nAnd I dated a boy who worked as a waiter
\nwho wanted to be a photographer.<\/p>\n
After getting off our respective shifts,
\nwe’d meet on the covered porch, through which
\nthe evening breeze blew
\nand we were lighter than Gatsby and Daisy in the cool night.<\/p>\n
I would write stories and he would photograph them
\nand our certainty was its own redemption
\nfor what other things we said
\nand can’t remember. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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