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Old farmhouse table

shows scribbles of
purple marker 

dulled with time and

occasional scrubbing

and the kids grow

up.

Who knew it would

be such a lightning flash?

In the time since

Dar Williams'

The Green World

was released, a

child has become

a young woman.

Glossy promotional

materials from

small midwestern
liberal arts colleges

strewn across

farmhouse table

hide all purple

streaks.

Stand at the road

divided;

choose a route;

see a new path;
adjust the lens;

leave behind what

is known.

It is time.
This house

can no longer hold

the weight of her

dreams.