Our children
cross the street
without waking.
The song sparrow
remains silent
and well hidden.
Hearts designed
for another purpose
pump darkness
into the air.
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Howie Good, a journalism professor at SUNY New Paltz, is the author of the full-length poetry collections Lovesick
(Press Americana, 2009), Heart With a Dirty Windshield
(BeWrite Books, 2010), and Everything Reminds Me of Me
(Desperanto, 2011).
(Press Americana, 2009), Heart With a Dirty Windshield (BeWrite Books, 2010), and Everything Reminds Me of Me (Desperanto, 2011).