Killing Time in Bulverde - James Duncan

I was at work when you died, probably sending

an email about a project missing its deadline

no one wanted me to know until I was home

I understand, what else would I have done but

walk outside my office in Bulverde, listen to the

wind rattle dead brambles, oaks, hours in the sun

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James H Duncan is the author of Talavera Sunsets (Bottlecap Press), Cistern Latitudes (Roadside Press), and We Are All Terminal But This Exit Is Mine (Unknown Press), among other books of poetry and fiction. He resides in upstate New York but travels widely to write about indie bookstores for his blog, The Bookshop Hunter. For more, visit www.jameshduncan.com

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