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my birthday fell  \non the anniversary of his uncle's suicide.  \nThen he made a gun with his tiny fingersand turned it on himself.  \nI wanted to tellhim his uncle woke upthat morning with a cloud in his head.  \nThat he blew a hole through his roofto return it to the sky.  \nI wanted to tell him some peoplearen't given enough lightso they'll try anything to let in more sun.  \nThat some days I wish I could openmy wrists like windows.  \nInstead I whispered,You don't have to runlaps for warm-up,and at recess the sun is yours.  \n# SHORT HISTORIES OF LIGHT\n\nTHE HUGH MACLENNAN POETRY SERIESEditors:Allan Hepburn and Carolyn Smart  \n# TITLES IN THE SERIESWaterglass Jeffery Donaldson\n\nAll the God-Sized Fruit Shawna LemayChess Pieces David Solway  \nGiving My Body to Science Rachel RoseThe Asparagus Feast S.P.Zitner  \nThe Thin Smoke ofthe Heart Tim BowlingWhat Really Matters Thomas O'GradyA Dream of Suphur Aurian HallerCredo Carmine StarninoHer Festival Clothes Mavis JonesThe Afterlife of Trees Brian BartlettBefore We Had Words S.P.ZitnerBamboo Church Ricardo SternbergFranklin's Passage David SolwayThe Ishtar Gate Diana BrebnerHurt Thyself Andrew Steinmetz  \nThe Silver Palace Restaurant Mark AbleyWet Apples,White Blood Naomi GuttmanPalilalia Jeffery DonaldsonMosaic Orpheus Peter Dale ScottCast from Bells Suzanne HancockBlindfold John Mikhail AsfourParticles Michael Penny  \nA Lovely Gutting Robin Durnford  \nThe Little Yellow House Heather Simeney MacLeodWavelengths of Your Song Eleonore SchönmaierBut for Now Gordon JohnstonSome Dance Ricardo SternbergOutside,Inside Michael PennyThe Winter Count Dilys LemanTablature Bruce WhitemanTrio Sarah Tolmie  \nhook nancy viva davis halifaxWhere We Live John Reibetanz  \nThe Unlit Path Behind the House Margo WheatonSmall Fires Kelly Norah DrukkerKnots Edward Carson  \n# The Rules of the Kingdom Julie Paul\n\nDust Blown Side of the Jouney Eleonore Schōnmaierslow war Benjamin HertwigThe Art of Dying Sarah TolmieShort Histories of Light Aidan Chafe  \n# Short Histories ofLight\n\nAidan Chafe  \nMcGill-Queen's University PressMontreal &Kingston·London·Chicago  \n◎ Aidan Chafe 2018  \nISBN 978-0-7735-5276-0(paper)  \nISBN 978-0-7735-5288-3(ePDF)  \nISBN 978-0-7735-528g-0(ePUB)  \nLegal deposit first quarter 2018Bibliotheque nationale du Québec  \nPrinted in Canada on acid-free paper that is 100%ancient forest  \nfree(100%post-consumer recycled),processed chlorine free  \nWe acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts,which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts toCanadians throughout the country.  \nNous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.L’andernier,le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre deI'art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.  \nFunded by the    \nFinancé par le  \nCanada  \nCanada Council Conseil des arts  \nGovemment  \ngouvernement  \nfor the Arts  \ndu Canada  \nof Canada  \ndu Canada  \n# Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication\n\nChafe,Aidan,1983-,author  \nShort histories of light/Aidan Chafe.  \n(The Hugh MacLennan poetry series)Poems.  \nIssued in print and electronic formats.ISBN 978-0-7735-5276-0(softcover).-ISBN 978-0-7735-5288-3(ePDF).一ISBN 978-0-7735-528g-0(ePUB)  \nI.Title.II.Series:Hugh MacLennan poetry series  \nPs8605.H327S562018c811'.6C2017-905695-6C2017-905696-4  \nThis book was typeset by Marquis Interscriptin 9.5/13 New Baskerville.  \nfor Alfred,Margaret G Marjali  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2021 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/shorthistoriesof0000chaf  \nCONTENTS  \nBREATHING LESSONS  \nThetis 3  \nDisconnection 4Father's Hand 5Night Owl 6  \nBreathing Lessons 7Grandma's Apartment 8Rita 9  \nDiary of a Redhead 10PSYCH WARD HYMNALMajor 15  \nHell Has Nothing to Do with Fire 16A Short History of Light 17Mute Swan 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