Thursday, September 4, 2014

the art of the...



the art of the...

Take a long look at the strangers
you’re going to bed with…
You’ve heard it said but, children, it’s truer than love—
you marry them all.
                                    Cora Fry’s Pillow Book

there’s time maybe for a quick
rain…

and after, because it was so furious,
a pinch for what’s been
left out uncovered, what’s been

waiting to be

put away.  It’s not lazy.

It is

a walk beside it for a while
and then leave it alone

complete-
-ly

and when the ashes are bagged
in black plastic, tomorrow,
there’s time for a quick
rain—

don’t even get undressed.
Just wait for it.
Wait

for the blue break.  Stand
beside everything that’s coming
undone and wait

to get wet.

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