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Todd Eddy, originally from the cornfields of Illinois, lived in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for fourteen magical years, before boomeranging back with his wife and boys to central Illinois, where he is Poet Laureate of his house. He has published poetry in Central Ave., Conceptions Southwest, Karamu, Lunarosity and others.
Parallel Paths
She likes to dig dirt, plant flowers
evoke green plants from hard,
little brown seeds
He likes to dig holes, pull weeds,
harvest garden seeds to plant in the holes
he will make next spring
She likes running on beaches, the hard
pack of wet sand on bare feet,
breathing moist, salty air
He likes the abstract placement of shells and
seaweed, caused by the breaking waves
and tides
She likes lacing up her Hi-Teks, throwing
on a backpack and carrying just enough water
to get her to the overlook, where she will watch the sunset
He likes spending hours on the trails, switch-
backing into and out of deep canyons, across
broad faces of mountains and over sun-baked mesa tops
She likes to lie in bed and read a book
during rainstorms, and feel the cool breeze
as it billows through her bedroom sheers
He likes to listen to the rain fall on the rooftop,
as it harmonizes, sweetly, with the mellow jazz
and dancing candlelight
Even though they walk the same woods
their paths have never crossed