a moment of stillness, demanding an answer.
When does a moment end?
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Starbucks prayer, "Make morning good again."
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Leaf shadows on pavement:
word meaning to slide carelessly, repeatedly, to absentmindedly caress.
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For I so loved the world
that I set up my only son
to be arrested.
Rae ArmantroutRae Armantrout is a professor of writing and literature at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of several books of poetry, most recently Money Shot (2011) and Versed (2009), winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Photo credit: AP Photo/Denis Poroy