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When she grows old
& minutes between words
become too hard to bear,
he finds a place for her.

She textures the hours
with patterns from within,
weaves a curtain out of time
& hangs it in her eyes.

She knows the moment
he dies, the how & why,
as she does the rhythms
of tree rings, sand & fog,

the way a man thinks
when there is nothing left
but the gun in his hand,
cool and black enough

to feed the shadows.
She sends bright music
to aid his passage through
the seasons of death.

When he returns he'll lift
the fabric from her eyes,
& wheel her to the window,
that she may see the sky.









Marge Simon is the author of three collections of poetry, Eonian Variations (Dark Regions Press, 1995), Artist of Antithesis (Miniature Sun Press 2003) and, in collaboration with her husband, Bruce Boston, Night Smoke (Miniature Sun Press, 2002), which is currently under consideration for a Bram Stoker Award. Her solo work and collaborations with Bruce Boston have appeared or are forthcoming in various publications, including Strange Horizons, Dark Regions, Talebones, Dreams & Nightmares, and Dark Illuminati. In addition, she is an award-winning illustrator and former president of the SF Poetry Association. She is listed in the 2003 Marquis Who's Who. In May, she will be assuming editorship of the SFPA poetry digest, Star*Line. She lives and works in Florida.
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