Cool Mists - flipside B - Barbara LM Handley

Cool Mists

The cool, limpid mists
of Eternity
wrap and tangle
the uncaring flesh
of youth.
Distance deepens
As Mortality approaches.
Stealthily.
Steadily.
The Mirror Cracks.

1986

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I took a Creative Writing class my senior year in high school. At the end of the year, we published a small magazine containing one piece from each member of the class.

Published under my maiden name: Barbara Muller

Creative Writing: Fifth Period
Robert McQueen High School
Reno, Nevada
September-June 1986

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