Try describing
Machu Picchu appearing
from below the clouds
at dawn
viewed from our tent
in the hills above
or hearing for the first time
Pale Blue Eyes
by the Velvet underground
or for that matter
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,
the Roberta Flack version
or aghast at what I thought
was my wife dying
and our newborn boy dead
in Bellshill Maternity
or four years later
our girl
born, fully developed
like Athena sprung from Zeus's forehead
saying, come on life
show me what you've got
or saying goodbye to David and Maria
not know for sure if it would be the last goodbyes
...and they were
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