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Revolution NOW [10]: Not Since We Began

By Heather Juul

Not Since We Began

While trying not to get my best boots
any wetter and
fording a small impromptu stream
I watched a leaf,
briefly,
fully yellow and caught
within a rain-river.

I remember how
you said it wouldn’t rain
as I was lying
in the bedroom decorated
with jellyfish.

I don’t mind this little untruth.

Not since we began
resisting the currents
of fear and things left unsaid,
drinking plenty of hot tea and whiskey
when we fail.

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Heather Juul 1 posts 0 comments

H. Juul is exactly as boring as she seems. She was going to provide a list of what she does in her spare time because she hasn’t published anything or won any awards, but wasn’t sure if it should be three things or five. She has an M.Div, a bunch of student loans, and is entirely out of her league submitting anything to HeadStuff. She lives with her partner, Megan, and a dozen or so imaginary cats in Seattle.