Author: cfblack
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Gathering rice
sit by a phone wait for a text a message a knock on the door Google the night about handfuls of rice tossed in the air abandoned in churchyards afraid of dying starved for touch 7-27-2024
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Monday
daylight comes through trees blue sky white clouds yappy dog barks across the street weed eater says good morning speed walkers slow walkers dog walkers parade by car doors slam trash cans line street rush hour traffic let the stress begin 7-22-24
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plastic beach haiku
06/30/24 – laughing, squealing kids front yard inflatable pool Summer plastic beach
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night rhythms
7/13/24 night rhythms all night long tree to tree call and response life calling to life I am here, come find me
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‘Where For Art Thou, Black & Decker’
07/13 hum of mower across the street sounds like hot summer Saturdays preparing my father’s lawn for Sunday whine of weed eater trims his fence no getting down on knees cutting by hand childhood Sunday memories may have been fonder if my hands did not have blisters …my sunburned neck reeking of Noxema
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night rhythms
night rhythms all night long tree to tree call and response life calling to life I am here, come find me 7/12/24
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‘Bare Feet on Cool Concrete’
07/11/24 along tree top boulevards sunrise dances its happy dance leaves pirouette and dip flashing light and shadows siren screams get out of my way I’m coming through rush hour drones on it has work to do northern cardinals and Carolina wrens trill in the distance no lost causes disturb their songs
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Bare Feet on Cool Concrete
along tree top boulevards sunrise dances its happy dance leaves pirouette and dip flashing light and shadows siren screams get out of my way I’m coming through rush hour drones on it has work to do northern cardinals and Carolina wrens trill in the distance no lost causes disturb their songs 7/11/24
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‘Peering Through the City Gate’
07/09/24 today is suspended on a nail in a public square bleeding out upon the ground blotting out the mid-day sun an offering of sacrifice enshrined upon the mountain
