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The Unborn by Sharon Olds

7/24/2008 11:24:01 PM
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The Unborn
 
  Sometimes I can almost see, around our heads,
Like gnats around a streetlight in summer,
The children we could have,
The glimmer of them.

Sometimes I feel them waiting, dozing
In some antechamber - servants, half-
Listening for the bell.

Sometimes I see them lying like love letters
In the Dead Letter Office

And sometimes, like tonight, by some black
Second sight I can feel just one of them
Standing on the edge of a cliff by the sea
In the dark, stretching its arms out
Desperately to me.


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L. K. Thayer (12/25/2007 4:47:00 AM)
The Dead Letter Office...striking, rich and scenic
Perfection Is Flawed (5/28/2006 4:23:00 AM)
Forgotten, but not quite. A beautifully blurred portrayal of children that will never be, the desperation for the smallest sliver of life. Enjoyed.

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