Tuesday, May 9, 2017

A moment with Lilac

A moment with lilac
and other things
collected
John Betjeman, and Beatrix Potter books
a Crail mug
and tall scissors
from another time
the curtain moves
the blue dark, folded
yellow finch on bird feeder
now a red one
Forsythia branch
still swaying
loved paintings
gather dust
refrigerator working
glad
all else is quiet
but fingers tapping
on an actual keyboard
and hands looking older
because they are 
faithful
been so many places
touched so many things
and people 
how many
over seven decades
in Dusseldorf
and Cologne
Mevagissy
and Taos Pueblo
and Truro here
and Truro there
Pont Alexandre
and Westminster Bridge
the Skye ferry
and Covent Garden
so Drury Lane
and Adelaide 
via Dubai
and Malaga
when oranges were on trees
hands that bake bread
and held reins
that have never been to India
nor Languedoc
but cut Blue Spruce
split kindling
loved violets
and put this lilac
in water

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