Thursday, April 18, 2013

On the Last Cool Day Before Summer Drops the Hammer Valentine

The old man across
the street emerges
with a pail to pick
a dandelion and
arugula salad
from his yard
it looks like
he eats daisies
too his face
is so expansive
I hadn’t noticed before
how he appropriates
the sun nodding
behind those branches
sometimes he gets
caught bending over
and can’t straighten
up but gradually
walks himself upright
again by the time
he reaches the door

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