Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Learning Russian

Russian words
Grammar. Structure. Sounds.
Crash harsh and salty on me
An ocean of unknowns
Under a stormy sky
Pelting, battering, beating me
Sloshing up with an unexpected slap
Fierce and wild and gray.
Then I climb ashore, dripping wet
Into English prepositions
And the sun comes out.

(Aug. 2007)

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