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I knew something was wrong
I knew something was wrong
the day I tried to pick up a
small piece of sunlight
and it slithered through my fingers,
not wanting to take shape.
Everything else stayed the same—
the chairs and the carpet
and all the corners
where the waiting continued.
Source: Poetry (March 2010).
Biography
Dorothea Grossman’s 2003 CD, Call And Response (pfMentum) features the poet in live performance with improvising trombonist Michael Vlatkovich.
Poems by Dorothea Grossman
Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Living, Time & Brevity
Poetic Terms Free Verse
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