(september fourteenth, nineteen forty-one / gardner, massachusetts)

Poems of david lessard

41. Broken Dreams 8/8/2009
42. Change Of Heart 8/17/2009
43. Change Of Plans 10/9/2009
44. Choices 10/8/2009
45. christmas is a season... 12/25/2010
46. Contented 6/12/2009
47. Cowboys 3/8/2010
48. cross-country skier 5/24/2009
49. cross-country skier's delight 7/13/2009
50. Dad 6/24/2009
51. Daily Bread. 11/20/2009
52. Death 10/22/2012
53. Depression 3/3/2010
54. Did you think that you could break my heart... 6/18/2010
55. do with me, what you will 5/24/2009
56. Do you have a soul? 1/14/2010
57. Do you have your papers? 5/1/2010
58. Do you love me? 6/11/2009
59. Dreams and Visions 6/26/2009
60. Dying when the time is right... 1/6/2010

cross-country skier

I can see my breath before me,
my moustache is being painted white.
my arms and legs move in unison
and I glide gracefully
over the frozen earth...

Every muscle in my body is moving,
my pulse in the aerobic range...
the only sounds I hear are

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