12.18.2006

Impatient

Written by n.m.rai
Read by Eric Ashford

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Impatient

I am impatient as always
wanting the high notes

that curl of the sun
on my tongue

that flare of heat inside
I resist the damp green

of leaves, the slide of mud
along the path

the dailiness of days
even though I know

snail shells are
constructions of wonder