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KaneISBN 978-1-63534-953-5 First Edition  \nAll rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without writtenpermission from the publisher,except in the case of brief quotations embodied incritical articles and reviews.  \n# ACKNOWLEDGMENTS\n\nThank you to the editors of the following publications,in which these poemsoriginally appeared:  \nVermillion Literary Project magazine:“The best years”  \nBluestem:“My mother mowing the lawn at twilight”  \nParks and Points:“Winter,Lake Erie,New York”  \nPortage Magazine:“Toad love”  \nTalking Stick:“The plain things”  \nSo many people have influenced this collection—with prompts,editing,steering me back to the path and other ways I could never measure.Foryour creative,editorial and/or emotional support,thank you DeborahKeenan,Erica Skog,Hallie Wiederholt,Ruth Taylor,the Hamline AlumniPoetry Book Club,Jim Moore,Renita Picotte,and Paige Riehl.And ofcourse,mom and dad,my champions.  \nA special thanks to Susan Solomon for the gorgeous and dreamy coverartwork.More of her beautiful work can be found at www.instagram.com/solomon.painter.  \nPublisher:Leah Maines  \nEditor:Christen Kincaid  \nCover Art:Susan Solomon,susansolomonpainter.com  \nAuthor Photo:Jenna Lipscomb  \nCover Design:Elizabeth Maines McCleavy  \nPrinted in the USA on acid-free paper.Order online:www.finishinglinepress.comalso available on amazon.com  \nAuthor inquiries and mail orders:Finishing Line PressP.O.Box 1626Georgetown,Kentucky 40324  \nU.S.A.  \nTable of Contents  \nThe best years………………………………………………………………………………  \nWhen Ricky stayed with us……………………………………………………………2  \nTo the collector……………………………………………………………………………………3  \nDear God of My Childhood…………………………………………………………4  \nMy mother mowing the lawn at twilight……………………………………6  \nYour voice …………………………………………………………………………………………………7  \nWinter Lake Erie, New Yor……………………………………………………………8  \nToad love………………………………………………………………………………………………9  \nOn the color red………………………………………………………………………………10  \nTo the girl in the pew………………………………………………………………………1  \nTo anger rising up…………………………………………………………………………12  \nAndre ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………13  \nThere is no meantime………………………………………………………………………15  \n50 questions for any god who willisten,  \nonce my body perishes………………………………………………………16  \nThe plain thing……………………………………………………………………………18  \nSummer Lake Erie, New Yor………………………………………………………………19  \nTo the curtains hanging still,slightly dirty,  \nslightly crooked…………………………………………………………………20  \nReading the world…………………………………………………………………………21  \nNotes …………………………………………………………………………………………2  \n1  \nThe best years  \nIn sequestered afternoons,children sit in basements  \nwith televisions and potato chipsdazing  \nuntil their heads swell like balloonsand lips plump with salt.  \nThey do not get around to dreamingbut follow the arms of the wall clockticking closer to mom,dada warm dinner to 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