A voice screams br Soft thoughts back br Claustrophobic crowds br Begin spilling compactly br In harden-ed br Neon light’s blazes and the br Air-less allies of wordless br Inanimate faces br Locked in sheep’s resolve br Booking life’s clammy hands br Into an age-old debut br Staging br Dance’s clueless br To the false essence br Of Ethereal tithing’s br br (Mountaintop Cottage, Tennessee br ~ August 29,2006)br br Debora Shortbr br