Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site sdcc13.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!ittatc!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc13!valerie From: valerie@sdcc13.UUCP (Valerie Polichar) Newsgroups: net.poems Subject: my latest Message-ID: <352@sdcc13.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Nov-85 20:19:11 EST Article-I.D.: sdcc13.352 Posted: Wed Nov 6 20:19:11 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:44:16 EST Reply-To: valerie@sdcc13.UUCP (Valerie Polichar) Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 28 Comments, as usual, are MORE than welcome! The title is just a working title; suggestions??? -------------------------------------------- Dragonfighting Fisted fear lay balled-up in the lap of my one son while on the ground the snow grew deeper than any mother has a right to know what company the seasons keep, and why the summer must dissolve at last in ice. Knee-deep in muttered promises and lies, I bent to try to wipe the questions from his eyes. I've made no dent in nightmares; swords lie like words, and often fail. He's caught me limping home too many times and knows no longer can I conquer all. His bravened hands reach up to touch my fiery cheeks as if to reassure, and then move on to drive the snow-hounds from his path, this child I could never own.