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n., /hō/kēs/ Armenian for "my soul."

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Posted on February 3, 2020March 23, 2020

Story Behind “The Passing of My Father, Time”

“If I close my eyes, and
turn my head,
will time go away?”
—
These were his words. He came out of his near-death rest and looked at me and said those words. The second stanza, I replied.

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Posted on October 25, 2019April 28, 2020

Story Behind the Poem | Brown Room in The White House

Written August 2018. One year after my father died. Grief hit. Written August 2018. One year after “Grab Her by the Pussy” was spoken by a presidential nominee, disappearing into…

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