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The Clouds Across the Sky

Molly K. Mitchell
Nov 7 · 1 min read

With thanks to Emily Dickinson

The clouds across the sky did flee
As though they knew the land
Was wrapped and bound in winter now
And frigid with the wind

I saw their shadows, scudding, quite
Alarming on the ground
They kept me company for that
Entire Afternoon

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Molly K. Mitchell

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I’ve been writing since forever, publishing here since May. I have a history and a future, but the present is where I’m speaking.

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