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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
White Towels
I have been studying the difference
between solitude and loneliness,
telling the story of my life
to the clean white towels taken warm from the dryer.
I carry them through the house
as though they were my children
asleep in my arms.
-Richard Jones
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This is our prompt for next week, January 18, 2011. Specifically:
"I have been studying the difference
between solitude and loneliness,"
I have been studying the difference
between solitude and loneliness,
telling the story of my life
to the clean white towels taken warm from the dryer.
I carry them through the house
as though they were my children
asleep in my arms.
-Richard Jones
--------------------
This is our prompt for next week, January 18, 2011. Specifically:
"I have been studying the difference
between solitude and loneliness,"
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