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She lives in Syracuse, NY.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0d82bdc0.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="476" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Two poems from the book:</div> <bR> <div> <B>Needing to Speak</B></div> <bR> <div> My body bursts with heat suddenly</div> <div> in the middle of a sentence I'm having</div> <div> trouble uttering.  I sweat all over</div> <div> during the short walk from home to office</div> <div> on a mild day with slight breeze.</div> <div> Even so, the blazing up my spine suffuses me</div> <div> in dizzying heat as my unbounded passion</div> <div> makes a raging fool of me, and</div> <div> even a little sun causes moisture to bloom</div> <div> like the red tides in August, like spit </div> <div> over my face and neck and arms.</div> <div> All through me  the racing, the anxious</div> <div> fear of losing what I stand on,</div> <div> of taking one step too far</div> <div> over the edge, the fear</div> <div> of falling forever</div> <div> without a sound.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Leavings </B></div> <bR> <div> The light this morning rests above mist</div> <div> that whites out the dazzle of late October, </div> <div> the gold and crimson downpour that muffles</div> <div> and holds our footsteps, our dogged ongoing</div> <div> in the face of such perils as trainwreck,</div> <div> and stillbirth</div> <div> and love.</div> <bR> <div> Morning came on me as I dreamed </div> <div> combinations unknown to me before this day, lifting </div> <div> the blue of early November, the remnants</div> <div> of your scent in a shirt left behind</div> <div> the morning you drove off, and I</div> <div> to save my eyes, did not look up</div> <div> at that moment when you turned</div> <div> the corner at the end </div> <div> of my street.</div> <bR> <div> Few things come so easily</div> <div> and leave with such crushing defeat</div> <div> as love,  like the berries at summer's end,</div> <div> clinging on as winter winds whip them dry,</div> <div> leaves desert them, and even hungry birds</div> <div> no longer seek them out.</div> <bR> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Fumbling for the Flesh of Song</FONT><I> </I>is a 48 page paperback,</div> <div> hand-sewn, with flat spine - <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT>$10.00                                   </div> <div> ISBN: <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >0-941053-17-2</FONT></div> <bR> <div> TO ORDER  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Fumbling for the Flesh of Song </FONT>ON-LINE </div> <div> <B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/sc-but-01.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="add" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="hidden" name="item_name" value="Fumbling for the Flesh of Song"> <input type="hidden" name="item_number" value="03-7"> <input type="hidden" name="amount" value="10.00"> <input type="hidden" name="no_note" value="1"> <input type="hidden" name="currency_code" value="USD"> </form>      </B> <form target="paypal" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_cart"> <input type="hidden" name="business" value="fhp@foothillspublishing.com"> <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/images/view_cart.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> <input type="hidden" name="display" value="1"> </form>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> To order by mail send total price plus $1.25 Shipping and Handling</div> <div> ($1.75 in Canada; $3.25 other countries)</div> <div> for each address sent to. </div> <bR> <div> Send orders to:</div> <bR> <div> FootHills Publishing</div> <div> PO Box 68</div> <div> Kanona, NY 14856</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Thank you for your support! </B></div> <bR> </BODY>