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SHARK REEF

A publication of the Lopez Writers Guild

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We Live In Unfinished Houses

By John Sangster

Each day we wade into life.
We have plans, of course!
Things we’ll get to,
get back to.

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Splitting Shakes

By John Sangster

Each day I pass the barn we built,
twenty-five years back,
my friend and I ­ he the craftsman,
the one who knew, who taught the city boy

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Bracelet

By John Sangster

To look at me, you wouldn’t think I was the kind of guy who wears jewelry, but I happen to own a Northwest Coast Indian bracelet. It just goes to show, you never know.

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The Eye

By John Sangster

The eye… receives information upside down and in reverse, leaving it to the brain to
unscramble the mess. It’s unsettling since I’m not sure the brain can be
trusted . . .

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Words

By John Sangster

Words… once spoken, don’t dissipate, never to be heard from again. Most people
aren’t aware of this. Another thing is that words stick around pretty
close to home. Sure, they might shift about in the breeze, collect up
against the curb (we’re talking sound here, they won’t plug the drain),

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