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Staring into the Sun by Jennifer Grotz - Poems | Academy of American Poets

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What had been treacherous the first time

Staring into the Sun Add to anthology × Load audio player Jennifer Grotz What had been treacherous the first time had become second nature, releasing the emergency brake, then rolling backwards in little bursts, braking the whole way down the long steep drive. Back then we lived on the top of a hill. I was leaving—the thing we both knew and didn’t speak of all summer. While you were at work, I built a brown skyline of boxes, sealed them with a roll of tape that made an incessant ripping sound. We were cheerful at dinner and unusually kind. At night we slept under a single sheet, our bodi

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