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Alan Toltzis<\/h1>\n

How to Listen <\/span><\/h2>\n

Cover your eyes
\nand listen to the wind,
\nnot its complaints unsettling leaves
\nbut its stillness\u2014
\nan apology
\nmurmuring through pin oaks
\nthe moment it subsides.<\/p>\n

Alan Toltzis<\/strong><\/span> (alantoltzis.com), the author of <\/em>The Last Commandment, lives in Bucks County but likes Los Angeles more.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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