Monday, September 15, 2008

dreams about my father.  what is he doing sending these increasingly psychotic postcards, signed Papa?  what is this metaphor he keeps referencing about the Scarecrow?

i jump up & down on the bed to see if there's a fire in the woods, behind our house, or if it's the sun setting.  it's the latter - for once.  

feels like an airport novel.  pre-kidnapping.  chapter one.  dread in my throat.  when he shows up, he is ghastly.  tears make a mess of his face.  there is no roof on the house.  i remember no wind, and no stars, but the smell of burning. 

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