The ancient texts of solemn trees. Bird tracks at my feet.
Late-night lights in the widow’s house. Lichens on headstones.
Thrice-woven wool. Galaxies that resemble scattered straw.
Notebooks filled. A wealth of steam. The luck of rice.
dew in the dust
on the old man’s mailbox
he reads his letters
twice

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Categories: Drawings, New Poems & Pieces