Friday, May 9, 2008

Thoreau Upon the Rivers: A Solo Junicho

Cool summer morning
The blue sky promises heat
Later in the day

Gemini insects call forth
A contrapuntal texture

The not quite full moon
A space station by its side
Glides through the heavens

Seen through the sick-room window
After drawing the curtains

She brings some flowers
And a package of incense
To her mother's bed

The hours move so slowly
And the silence feels so thick

Dinner with a friend,
"I didn't see it coming."
Some tears in his eyes

Digging through a Pomo mound,
Shards and remnants and some bones

Once again telling
The immigration story
Of their grandparents

A cascade of autumn leaves
And the high tide shifts the sand

Geese traverse the sky,
A journey of many miles,
And the setting sun

Thoreau upon the rivers
With a brother who's never named

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