Poets and dreamers know better than to take things literally (But sometimes it’s not a bad idea)
On metaphor, dreams, poetry, and baking bread when times get hard.
Seated on the couch watching old episodes of The West Wing on TV, my husband reached over to hug me. But the quilt I’d wrapped around my shoulders and draped across my lap was now bunched up between us.
“I can’t get close enough to you,” he said, as he tried to dislodge the mound of …
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