Saturday, October 21, 2017

Dug Valentine

The token of their return
Was the first red bud
I saw hidden in the leaves
 
The ground had been pounded down
All morning long
The workers’ voices drowned
 
Out by someone whistling
As he shoveled gravel
I could catch the smell
 
Of stones and earth
But was it grave or garden
They were digging right outside
 
My window hardly light
Hardly time to struggle
Upward from my dream

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