Sunday, May 8, 2016

Mother’s Day Valentine (for Thoreau)

Summer is our ascension
everything rises into clouds
and don’t inspiring fires rain down
on the few languages remaining
though suicide is still on the table
like a card one plays when cornered
trying to penetrate the zone
of abstractions that surrounds
the earth and already engulfs us
here comes summer singing
but it could all be this simple
a dappled path and pond
a small boat to row out on
a few miles from mother’s kitchen

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