there_are_so_many_of_us crOwl you can't count. 060723 ... ovenbird learning how to miss someone. There are signs taped to every pole. Freshly printed and not yet faded, advertising a $50,000 reward. The pristine pages say: “May have jumped from a bridge. This is not confirmed.” They say: “29 years old.” They say: “Please help bring him home.” I look out over the fast flowing river to see if someone’s son is making his way to the ocean, face down, mistaken for a sturgeon. There are so many of us trying to keep our hope alive. Maybe he’s coming home. Maybe if I listen hard enough I’ll hear knocking at my door. 260809 what's it to you? who go blather from