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Hi Bowan--

This is a lot better than the first few versions...Consider it complete, no? The only ineffectual word in here was "ache" and the obvious title, which detracts, I think, from a reader piecing the theme together herself. Thanks for posting this revision.

Best,
AG

Separation

: Words suggest what distance they can.
: But this morning we’re quieted, driving
: beside the river road.

: For a week, we walked under the kitchen
: of the world, above the rushes, rehearsing
: yellow light, circling the table as if our ache

: could forget. We were worn by walking;
: a car on this road could change our minds
: but out here, people hang themselves

: on the loose ledge of compassion. Wipers smear
: the winter road. At the bridge we stop,
: unbuckle our lives, climb the rail.