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16 Agoraphobia Contrapuntal A sheltered life can be a very daring life, for all serious daring starts from within. e u d or a w el t y The house is your captor you can’t ignore a thorny nest, the hermit thrushes where birds unhinge their fluted songs haunting incantations like traffic’s listless serenade outside these rooms that lull you hostage you bargain with yourself one foot out, now the other today you’ll walk a few yards to the mailbox another continent just there your heart crescendos in the thinning air you quake with tremors you feel like crawling don’t look back remember how locked in Grandma’s closet your body, curled like a fist the walls close in the door, a dark mouth you need to see the sky come out, it’s safe beyond your Van Gogh Starry Night beyond your light bulb moon. ...

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