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a distant white-winged dove calls
clouds drift south
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On this day in...
- 2011: For Gasoline — Her name was Gasoline; she was my goddess. I chased her down highways and through years. Driven mad by her perfume and shimmer, her invitation to [...]
- 2010: While Sitting in Church — I didn’t hear a word the priest said, but I saw the vultures circling rising in the air above the lake outside the windows beyond [...]
- 2007: Weekend Cat Blogging: Simon Sees Birds — Today marks the return on Weekend Cat Blogging here at Coyote Mercury. Don’t worry, my fellow lovers of the pointy-headed [...]