I remember when I first heard the phrase
the Near distance
I pictured her
because it was her nature to spend hours sitting outside
searching the horizon without a word, not expecting something
just there
She said she was just taking in the Air
and would laugh if I called it Meditation,
which she thought was nonsense
When it finally got dark, sometimes she would stand up, stretching
then a long exhale and a look West,
as if she had missed something
As she walked inside
I cannot recall her saying a word
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Brevity Quest 24
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