Category: animals
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St. George’s lament
lizard on fence rail dark in long shadows green among the vines did you know my forefathers hid among vines from your forefathers before stars fell from the sky before the burning before the long winter came before the dying before their bones became dragon’s lore 6-26-21
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Narcissist drinks the sun
dawn shimmers clouds and trees turtle breaches still surface concentric circles set in motion ripple clouds and trees on way to shore mirrored image ponders its own reflection faithful to the sun and self 6-14-21
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haiku for fallen pears
under the pear tree lie half-eaten fruit…..above chatter fat squirrels 6-13-21
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what about dead fish?
water drowns city noise a sign says, Alligators May Live Here plastic snake, ziploc baggie small stuffed bear and pieces of driftwood on the shore turtles sunbathe on rocks long-legged birds stalk the rapid edge butterflies flit around dead fish 6-4-21
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Thursday’s forecast
silt brown water reflects cotton candy sky turtles line a log like fancy dinner plates on a shelf tree frogs drone bull frogs play tympany birds sing hallelujah to the sun two green anoles court on wet fence rail forecast is for drizzle with prolonged periods of calm 6-3-21
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Stale wonder bread
a whirlwind descended from clouds, gathered up the geese and all their babies, carried them up to where I do not know. Geese lovers prayed for a miracle, dumped offerings along the shore, Wonder Bread grew into a mighty mountain. Wild hogs came, feasted on the mountain, trampled neighbors’ yards and chased kids up trees.…
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Green anole
green anole in green vines chases competitor along fence rail until it leaps into air disappears in weeds brown anole turns back to green blows bubble gum neck king of the rail and all he sees 5-25-21
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coffee in a blue cup
in grey sweats, morning legs lounge out from a park bench rough and worn from the sun coffee in a blue cup aroma of foreign mountains ambrosia brewed strong in the distance a young woman keeps cadence with a basketball dribble shoot, dribble shoot, dribble, dribble, dribble repeats over and over and over before men…
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Of milk and honey and the immortality quest
On the lintel above your door scotch tape copies of vaccinations. Pray the angel of death passes over and the blood red sea doesn’t flood your lungs. Near the light switch by the door hang a mask to wear when you go hiking in the wilderness. Gather your belongings buy a house in the promised…
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