Article contentjust two, sister and brother, differences when Article contentthey said they noticed neither could be heard. Article contentArticle contentA phone-call or no phone-call proof will be in Article contentwhat belief forms in the mother’s mouth or Article contentforms in father’s, either way it is the words Article contentboth provide for all the growing media frenzy Article contenteven though 911 preserves the starting point, Article contentquestionable time when the missing began. Article contentArticle contentA school-day or no school-day after a cough Article contentin the body of the daughter kept home, kept Article contentby hopefully normal attentive parents Article contentshe may have needed in a normal way to tell Article contentsomething to give them a chance to decide Article contentshe was well again, ready for the bus to stop. Article contentArticle contentA unity or no unity honestly active in a brother Article contentfound in the trust his four year old mind Article contentknew before he too went somewhere, follower Article contentof big sister said to have taken a white back-pack, Article contenthe too at her side gone, without the whereabouts. Article contentArticle contentBoth heard, then not heard, a different morning. Article contentArticle contentA property or no property only forest knows Article contentwhere it and the yard ends, choices to play Article contentin one or the other, even after the patio door Article contentsomehow kept quiet about them both, one in Article contentthe care of fences, and the other raised by shade. Article contentIf they only knew how to speak, updates, leads, Article contentlanguage left among the scattered toys, left Article contentlike whispers the bark and branches offer us. Article contentArticle contentA need or no need to crave anything new, podcast Article contentafter podcast waiting for a like, a subscriber, how Article contenttheir numbers grow, sad and lowly method to Article contentbring in the payments, two children missing, Article contentvanished, what a way to earn the filthy lucre, Article contenttwo and unbelievably many more expert sleuths, Article contentjust give them a camera and microphone, and Article contenta public split open by theories, daily wait for news. Article contentArticle contentA location or no location out there somewhere, Article contentif (be careful using that word) out there, Article contentArticle contentwhere?, stillness must surround them, Article contentstill in their bodies, breaths movement somewhere, Article contentstill sister and brother, out there Article contentwhere no missing can change them, always Article contenttogether, much more than the photos shown, Article contentboth faces, smiles new to the province, Article contentforever descriptions, now part of so many families. Article contentArticle content* Laurence Ferlinghetti, American poet, Coney Island Article contentcomes from his book, Coney Island State Of Mind. Article contentArticle contentABOUT THE POET: Chad Norman is from Nova Scotia and in 1992 won the Gwendolyn MacEwen Memorial Award for Poetry. His most recent book is Parental Forest from AOS Publishing. His poem, The Shoulds, was included in the Lunar Vagabond Collection, part of a time capsule which went to the moon Feb. 26, 2025.Article content
Truro poet pens piece for missing Sullivan children: “It’s affecting us, big time”
