The Woman with Long Black Hair

The Woman with Long Black Hair
This morning, just after sunrise, I saw a young woman on her way to work. She had long black hair, slender white arms, and soft-black clothes. Her legs were covered. I didn�t see her shoes. She had parked her car beyond the metered zone and was walking toward the center of the city. Through my car window, I saw her freshly bathed form moving along the sidewalk near a red brick church, then I watched her disappear behind the trunk of an old tree. It was just for a moment, I thought . . . and I waited, but the young woman didn�t reappear on the other side. The pale gray sidewalk was empty and still. The church doorway, a shadow already melting in the new daylight, was undisturbed. She was gone. I smiled to myself, took one last look in my rearview mirror, then continued on. *August 23, 2005* Previous Entry Next Entry Return to Songs and Letters About the Author	Also by William Michaelian POETRY Winter Poems ISBN: 978-0-9796599-0-4 52 pages. Paper. �� Another Song I Know ISBN: 978-0-9796599-1-1 80 pages. Paper. �� Cosmopsis Books San Francisco Signed copies available Main Page Author�s Note Background Notebook A Listening Thing Among the Living No Time to Cut My Hair One Hand Clapping Songs and Letters Collected Poems Early Short Stories Armenian Translations Cosmopsis Print Editions Interviews News and Reviews Highly Recommended Let�s Eat Favorite Books & Authors Useless Information Conversation E-mail & Parting Thoughts Flippantly Answered Questions
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