Systems have edges
where things interpenetrate.
This is not mid-At-
lantic but the course
of a hurricane has fogged
our windows. My sense
of my place in this
new place is obfuscated.
Social gives way
to soul’s hyperbole.
I pray let me be here, be
more than I have been.
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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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