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misschien zijn we

juist nu we

van alles

van alles vinden

pas echt iets verloren

- merel morre

perhaps we

just now we

think everything

about everything

really lost something

- merel morre

Moving to Malibu

some nights i think of it,

moving to malibu, just as i stretch,

like a cat stretches, to my full length,

as though i am easing into cold waters.

i imagine the blue of the sea;

the bright green leaves of the geranium

on the patio, the bright pink blooms,

the yellow sun and white sand,

in the distance, white triangles,

from the deck, wind chimes.

i will be as content and as happy

as balboa. i will have breakfast

at my wicker table and in my wicker chair,

with the cats watching. i will taste

salt on my lips after coffee.

my door will be open, when you come,

you will carry a loaf of bread,

a bunch of flowers, the sunset

is brilliant; we might as well be anywhere.

mary k. stillwell via the writer's almanac