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1960s, 1997, 2012, 5*, abandonment, aloof, anger, children, Dad, dream, Eglinton Hill, family, flowers, forgiveness, garden, grief, kitchen, life, living room, pride, speech, table, walls, yellow
I arrive at the garden wall of Eglinton Hill*,
painted yellow, not quite finished; my kids
come out to see me, what has been done
while I was at work (what life went on
while Dad was away, what had been done),
straight into the front living room* – it is a
dappled kitchen now, 1960s small-flowered
and yellow-weave table cloth; I wander around
the rooms with the kids, how they have
changed; I rise out of sleep with the grief,
I still feel the hurt, I cannot forgive, I have
high expectations: proud angry and aloof
* childhood home; I was in the front living room where I heard my parents argue for the first and last time
————w(O)rmholes________________________________|—–
abandonment wormhole: 1967
children wormhole: ashramas
Dad wormhole: spit / spot
dream wormhole: Lapping Reflections [Deep Within Waters] by Mark L. Redford – moment
Eglinton Hill wormhole: the figure “46” / in frosted glass
family & living room wormhole: currency of generations
garden & kitchen & speech wormhole: Lapping Reflections [Deep Within Waters] by Mark L. Redford – from arm to nature, doing nothing
life wormhole: carpet worn / to the backing – poewieview #30
table wormhole: Lapping Reflections [Deep Within Waters] by Mark L. Redford – the soft canticle of the gourds:
walls wormhole: trellis / and wisteria – poewieview #29
yellow wormhole: the / bright yellow / world
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