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OPEN WILDS
During heat of day, they swam in the cooling waters of canyon stream; and in the eve, they made love on a blanket strewn upon bed of fallen needles beneath shadow of the pines as sky caught fire in last glory-flame of day. Sweet acridness of pine and the moisture-heat of love held in […]
HAUNTINGS OF THE HEART
All hearts harbor hauntings. So it was when she returned. He saw her once again, her face and smile: sand blonde hair with sun bleached strands that scattered like bending rays of light in dance with summer winds; spread of sun-kissed freckles over bridge of nose that spilled onto cheeks and skies of […]
BEYOND THE PLAIN
They walked a country road together in high apex of August heat as sun sank in sight in western sky; its fire greatest in advance of coming eve and night’s cooling respite hinting of autumn airs to come. The sky weighted heavy in humidity from a rain that would not break and dampness refusing […]
WINNING
He no longer thought of winning. His youthful years of games were gone, and he no longer thought of life in such a way. That there must necessarily be fixed winners and losers in engagements, to him, was sophistry of small thought. To believe such did not mean life never played in contradiction to […]