The scholar shrugs the
covers up over his head,
summer dawning and
his neighbors stirring,
delivery trucks grinding
gears. What words address
this seamless chaos?
Punctuation an after-
thought to the running
text of the world, which
now includes the cat mewling
for today’s breakfast.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Portland OR and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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A perfectly delivered scene Tom! Lovely details, and that shift of perspective at the close.
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Thanks John—and to think this one had almost no claim on my attention at first! Very glad you saw what’s good in it!
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