Original Poem & Artwork by Paige Taggart for Paradigm Magazine
Paige Taggart is the author of three chapbooks: DIGITAL MACRAMÉ (Poor Claudia), Polaroid Parade (Greying Ghost Press), and The Ice Poems (DoubleCross Press). Additional publications and her jewelry can be found here: MacTaggart Jewelry, ad hoc she curates Bling That Sings, a site that promotes beauty and poetry.
Fine words. I would still like to see you fly — perhaps on a warm night in Healdsburg, after some silly dinner conversation on a rare occasion — when the family is gathered, and the thermals are just right. I always knew you could do it.