pecan husks

One slip of the tongue
and the spirit will wane;
the Maya spoke of this, too. . .

Each symbol flows in unison,
awakening me harshly

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late night jazz . . .
a drunken cricket stumbles
at mid tempo

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sempiternal
rain drops on the pear blossoms;
early morning

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almost hearing Dad’s voice
hurrying to keep
the house together . . .
two years since
and still pacing

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our cigarettes
in the dark countryside;
lightning bugs dance

the epiphany of
a new memory, closer

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autumnal;
a cricket’s last song rising
from the grass

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