Before

No shoes and a glossy

red helmet, I rode

on the back of my dad’s

Harley at seven years old.

Before the divorce.

Before the new apartment.

Before the new marriage.

Before the apple tree.

Before the ceramics in the garbage.

Before the dog’s chain.

Before the koi were all eaten

by the crane. Before the road

between us, there was the road

beneath us, and I was just

big enough not to let go:

Henno Road, creek just below,

rough wind, chicken legs,

and I never knew survival

was like that. If you live,

you look back and beg

for it again, the hazardous

bliss before you know

what you would miss.

Copyright ©: 
2015 Ada Limón

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• Ballade Made In The Hot Weather by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• Back-View by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• Attadale, West Highlands by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• Arabian Night’s Entertainments by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
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• Anterotics by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• Andante Con Moto by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• Allegro Maestoso by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• After by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• A Wink From Hesper by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• A Desolate Shore by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• A Child by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• A Bowl Of Roses by William Ernest Henley by William Ernest Henley
• The Swamp Fox by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
• The Lost Pleiad by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
• The Decay Of A People by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
• The Bard by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
• The Angel Of The Church by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
• Sumter In Ruins by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms
• Song In March by William Gilmore Simms by William Gilmore Simms

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