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Portraits in Contradiction by V.G.
Since I cannot speak of fields
and broken fences where the
winds howl, I speak instead of
how we did not speak and went
our separate ways across the
plains; the cow grass whipped under
the rims of our cast iron wheels,
you up the hill, and I straight
ahead towards the Big Bottom,
four clear lines in opposite
direction. You chose the sun
in a western window, I
the spectre moon, you built of
bricks, I of reeds and cattails,
and we endured thirty years
each in our own ways of not
talking. You hired men, bought
cattle, started a ranch. I
cleared the land, kept a bird, rocked
on the porch. You worked numbers
expanded, I grew into
myself. You made money, joined
the club, became mayor, I
worked the loom, sending shuttle
over warp and woof, stick and
fiber. While you threw parties
and danced in a circle, I
threw my carpet on the dirt
floor and walked the tree of life.