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This is not a Mine

from Choral Soliloquies (II) by Stephen Mead

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"How many days has been since the ceilings slid...?"

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This Is Not A Mine

Is it thunder, that rumble, or more heaving like before?
How many days it has been since the ceilings slid,
sealing this basement. We were fortunate in a way.
At least here there are tins, pickled preserves, & my smart
sister with her candles, with her jack knife, who knew...
When the tremors started she said it felt like a premonition
and hurried us, all of us, even the cat, scratching
while being pulled along. Later, we waited, in fact are still
waiting now, singing songs, telling stories to ward off
the silences, those claustrophobic coats. How much air,
time is left? Did our parents survive? What’s it like
up above? Listen. Again there’s that shaking, dust
from the rafters, the baby crying and, “Move to the wall!”
My sister orders. “Or the archway. It’s strongest.”
How can she do it? My god, something’s clawing,
cracking in——
voices ,
a flashlight.
I thought I was too numb
even for these

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from Choral Soliloquies (II), released May 21, 2017
from FreeSound.org, contributors I.D. from site

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Stephen Mead Albany, New York

A resident of NY, Stephen Mead is a published outsider artist, writer, maker of short-collage films and sound-collage downloads. If you are at all interested please place his name in any search engine in conjunction with any of the above-mentioned genres for links to his multimedia work and merchandise. To order CDs via VISA or PayPal please visit stephenmeadmusic.weebly.com ... more

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