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VERNON WARING : The Universe Tilts & other poems Finding Shade
on the other side of the door
on the other side of the door

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Finding Shade

He knows only that there are trees. He does not see lumber camps or feel the strength of men in black checkered shirts. He cannot touch their red leather skins or smell their hot whiskey breaths. He does not see logs on the river. His wife has tried to speak to him of Indian canoes and rafts on the Mississippi. She has tried to share leaf scents and wood-burning fires when everything is cold outside. But he is content to just find shade by the northeast window. There is no adventure in him.

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on the other side of the door

i took her to the vet that morning for the last time i remember it was raining and the lady at the vet's office was sweet and caring with a pleasant voice and a kind heart it was still only morning still raining when i drove home i parked the car and walked toward the house knowing that my wonderful dog - my beautiful "rose" - would not suffer anymore and that for the first time in her fourteen years on this earth she would not be there waiting for me my hand shook as i held the key to unlock the door and the key fell on the step and on the other side of the door no one would be waiting nothing would be there nothing

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