David Abrahams

Mother, Lover, Friend
Summer in your arms, again!
Family complete.
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I glide through life
On two wheels -
And thank you for
The turns effortless and smooth.
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In November, coffee steam obscures
the plate glass -
and drizzle.
I stand at the screen window
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Quantum Dad, Quantum Lover

I exist in two places -
Behind these dirtfilled walls,
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Iditarod 2011

I dreamt Jack London
as a small boy.
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The gestation of a homecoming
Is twelve months –
Generally.
When you consider the alternative
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It was –
the last hurried kiss,
the taste of tears on your lips,
that steeled my resolve.
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Like the page after
a finished poem.
Like a late fall tree.
Like a widow's bed.
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Fall Run

That Slick Flash
Fish Splash
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Compatibility


Suiting for a year or more -
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I have yet to awake
From our first kiss -
Taken lingering at the threshold
Of your apartment door
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I knew -
From the first drunken dance at
Ocean’s Club–
I knew.
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We stand together -
Men from an unlikely
combination of nations.
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Note to Afghanistan -

You stole my Mothers’ sons –
You prick -
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