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HERB KAUDERER

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NIGHT BRIDGE CROSSING

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To the right the sun.

To the left the moon.

Below
a thousand islands of dirt

nestle among a thousand

more islands of ice.

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Two thousand islands

covered with snow
and the tracks of animals

who have only disdain
for creatures that need rely

on iron bridges.

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“Night Bridge Crossing” by Jennifer Dowdell. Mixed media.

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BECOMING OTHER

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“Becoming other is a very practical endeavor.”

-- Jake Nabasny

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Becoming a dolphin he reveled in thoughts

freed from opposable thumbs.

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Becoming a blank page he felt history written upon him.

 

Becoming a priest he understood shepherds.

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Becoming an astronaut he saw the world below

as a grain of sand on a black beach
siphoning the sun’s heat in hopes of becoming

reflective glass.

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Becoming a house parrot he meditated through boredom

& flight without horizons.

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Becoming a movie projector he provided uniform dreams.

 

Becoming a nun she gave and then gave more.

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Becoming an emperor he wept that he could trust no one,

including himself.

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Becoming a shark he knew simplicity.

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Becoming a weather balloon he rose to view nature without

mankind.

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Becoming Buddhist he accepted.


Becoming a slave he pitied his master.


Becoming a whipped dog he pitied his master and himself.

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Becoming a scholar he suffered the incompleteness of knowledge.

 

Becoming a refugee he knew connection.

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Becoming a caged gorilla he sublimated anger

crushing logs and toys into sticks.

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Becoming an actor the masks of life covered him in succession

channeling his tribes.

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Becoming a child again he regained myth.

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Becoming an elephant he lumbered with sadness

at approaching extinction.

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Becoming a conformist he disappeared...

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“Adumbration” by Wendy Caldwell Maloney. Watercolor.

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PICTURES

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On the second floor promenade
of the Dreamer’s Mall
flat against the wall between stores sits one of those tall boxy machines you climb into and then pose
on a hard wooden bench to get your picture taken.

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Inside, a vertical row of buttons lets you choose what pose to snap.

Here & Now is a favorite, as is

How I Remember Me.

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People learn fast not to push

What I Could Have Been.

There’s not much call for
How I Am Remembered, either;

but What I Wanted to Be still gets pushed a lot.


And How I Remember You
does the very best business.

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"Sloan in Blue" by Tim Brooks. Digital.

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