at: Madison WI Farmers marketon the Capitol square, 5 Sep 09
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GOOD POEMS
Collected by Garrison Keillor
and ply the green islands of the gulf of Maine.
In my next life I will pilot a plane,
and enjoy the light artillery of the air
as I fly to our island
and set down with aplomb on its grass runway.
I'll be a whiz at math, master five or six of the world's languages,
write poems strong as Frost and Milosz.
In my next life I won't wonder why I lie awake from four till daybreak.
I'll be amiable, mostly, but large and formidable.
I'll insist you be present in my next life
—and the one after that.
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"In My Next Life" by Mark Perlberg, from Waiting for the Alchemist. ©
"In My Next Life" by Mark Perlberg, from Waiting for the Alchemist. ©
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