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  The Sunset Motel

  

  By lgvwhiteman, Glen, NY

  I answered a birthday note Liz Boykin sent It pictured a sign whose sales message went: “Sunset Motel. Air Cooled and Vented. Heat. (No) Vacancy.” The West represented. There, Liz imagined my next fifteen years. Wishing me travel and many careers. Above the thank-you note I sent, I d...
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  While the Sky Floats By

  

  By lgvwhiteman, Glen, NY

  I sit and watch the sky float by; The bright blue clouds, the soft white sky, The azure haze that warps the eye. For all of this, I wonder why I’m sitting here. I shift. I sigh. I could be like the birds, and fly Through fields of springtime grass grown high. I’d run forever, or I’d tr...