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"THE SLEEPING SATELLITE"

If time were relative,

then I’d like a pause

for a sense of relief

without any cause.

Let me roam around,

Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara

Gather Round Me Nest

Oh gather these things round me.

Round my room and into boxes marked "new".

The money spent is silly in exuberance and steward-less sinfulness.

Two hundred dollar leather wool boots and Costco matters.

Pregnant and driven with unknown, excited anticipation.

Out with the old and chipped and into the broken boxes goes my MAINE home.

Erin McGee Ferrell

The Wind that Shakes the Leaves

I sit behind the pond

This cool night wind is curious

It stands to my resort

Where they do always jury us

I should feel what is real

Бонапартист Нуартьє

ALTAR In My Room

Three small flames are lit.

St Francis, Picasso and my grandmother's rain poem sit on the table.

The medicine bag from Ghost Ranch and some good papers from a wise woman.

This life is hard with fewer and lessened moments of joy.

I sit on the prayer bench Nate made and commit my crap to God's care.

Tired of it all.

Erin McGee Ferrell

"YOUR TROPHIES?"

What is it with people like you?

You treat everything a competition,

all in the name of public acknowledgment.

You flaunt your fortunes,

clearly fishing for compliments.

Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara

Sitting In The Car After Cancer Surgery

Head Hurts.

Jaw Hurts.

My Sinuses Hurt.

My Brain Feels Tuned.

My Eyes Feel Tired.

My Emotions Are All Used Up.

Erin McGee Ferrell

#FOT

In the periphery of darkness

On your way to the light

You're gonna make a choice

After struggling inside

You must refuse

You must resist

by Бонапартист Нуартьє

"AN EMPTY ROOM"

No more magic?

Why vacant as it is?

Who took all of it?

Nothing to pick.

Dementors have resided,

Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara

"THE PAUSE BEFORE THE CHOICES"

Take a step back and analyse.

Listen to some sounding advice.

Do you like what you see?

Are you longing to be free?

Think three steps ahead.

by Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara

Silent House

ONE ARMED, I woke up and got dressed, went to step class and took a bath:

Got dressed, changed sheets and made bed.

Noon already.

Having one less arm slows a person DOWN.

My house is in silence.

Even one but me at school and work.

Erin McGee Ferrell

"THE FIRST DOWNPOUR IN MONTHS"

You may complain

about the rain

It’s hard to go home

without getting drenched

Nights are long

The city traffic’s a bitch

Ruby - Astari Boedikoentjara

GoldFishCracker

Sitting close on the couch, she offered the toddler on my lap a cracker.

This child wanted nothing more than to cling to me afraid of the stranger.

We both knew it had been too long.

No Acholi first WORDS.

A grandmother unrecognised.

"Please bring her here tomorrow too. I need her to know me."

Erin McGee Ferrell