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Outside World And Freedom
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Wind sighs in the fragile
beginning of day. Children
still asleep in the teddy bear
comfort of their dreams.
Somewhere a dog intones
its morning song. Voice
mournfully howling at
the indignity of its captivity.
Outside world harshly
coming to awareness, cars
rattling on the outside street.
Soon the children will wake.
Demand the business of
their lives as they prepare
to go to school. We'll do
the routine together and I'll
wait patiently for them to
flee the nest. When they are
gone I'll draw the blinds
and lock the doors. Drop
all my clothing as if it were
all the pretenses I owned.
Freedom begins in being able
to attack the world with
my retreat.
