O at the Edges

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The Draft (with recording)

Posted on September 10, 2022 by robert okaji

The Draft

All memories ignite, he says, recalling
the odor of accelerants and charred

friends. Yesterday I walked to the sea
and looking into its deep crush

sensed something unseen washing
out, between tides and a shell-cut foot,

sand and the gull’s drift, or the early names
I assign to faces. This is not sadness.

Somewhere the called numbers meet.

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“The Draft” first appeared in Taos Journal of International Poetry & Art.

5 thoughts on “The Draft (with recording)”

Liz Gauffreau on September 10, 2022 at 8:10 am said:

I like this very much.

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- robert okaji on September 11, 2022 at 11:58 am said:
  
  Thanks, Liz. One of my more successful recordings, I think.
  
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  - Liz Gauffreau on September 11, 2022 at 4:05 pm said:
    
    You’re welcome, Bob.
    
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  - Frank Hudson on September 14, 2022 at 1:21 pm said:
    
    Yes, works well as a recording.
    
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    - robert okaji on September 15, 2022 at 4:05 pm said:
      
      Thanks, Frank.
      
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