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For Linda Foster	A
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Because we used to have leaves	B
and on damp days	C
our muscles feel a tug	D
painful now from when roots	E
pulled us into the ground	F
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and because our children believe	G
they can fly an instinct retained	H
from when the bones in our arms	I
were shaped like zithers and broke	J
neatly under their feathers	K
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and because before we had lungs	L
we knew how far it was to the bottom	M
as we floated open eyed	N
like painted scarves through the scenery	O
of dreams and because we awakened	P
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and learned to speak	Q
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We sat by the fire in our caves	R
and because we were poor we made up a tale	S
about a treasure mountain	T
that would open only for us	U
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and because we were always defeated	V
we invented impossible riddles	W
only we could solve	X
monsters only we could kill	Y
women who could love no one else	Z
and because we had survived	A2
sisters and brothers daughters and sons	B2
we discovered bones that rose	C2
from the dark earth and sang	D2
as white birds in the trees	E2
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Because the story of our life	F2
becomes our life	F2
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Because each of us tells	G2
the same story	O
but tells it differently	O
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and none of us tells it	H2
the same way twice	I2
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Because grandmothers looking like spiders	K
want to enchant the children	T
and grandfathers need to convince us	U
what happened happened because of them	J2
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and though we listen only	O
haphazardly with one ear	K2
we will begin our story	O
with the word and	P

Lisel Mueller

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