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HOW MANY PINS ON THE HEAD OF AN ANGEL
HOW MANY PINS ON THE HEAD OF AN ANGEL
Twenty after midnight and up alone
sharing every Christmas past
with the angel of Austin present
alight on the well lit tree
Telling her of the first thin pine
strung with popcorn and candles clipped
back on the ranch before the power
Every crackle of every log
every crinkle of tissue torn
every child’s first Christmas
and every parent’s last
and every cousin and uncle and aunt
no longer as they say extant
Praying her to spread
her wings and wonder wide
that we may gather them all by dawn