following siri – June 29

Posted on June 30, 2016 by landl30

6.29.2016

highways closed,

following siri

in quick panic

through streets

never imagined

until voila

 

there.

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night prayer – June 28

Posted on June 29, 2016 by landl30

6.28.2106

stomach tight

helpless fright

stress and

terror flail

the night

 

burdens weigh

darken day,

please send

grace to tend

our way.

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the cover and the blessings – June 27

Posted on June 28, 2016 by landl30

6.27.2016

saturday afternoon rain

straight rows off the

overhang

 

while we sit safe

in our cave on

the porch

 

like our ancestors who

looked out from

under

 

stone outcroppings

and gave thanks

for both

 

the cover

and the

blessings.

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winners & losers – June 26

Posted on June 27, 2016 by landl30

6.26.2016

toad surprises

hopping out

from under

a tuft

that hid him

from the blades.

 

thank God.

 

take that and die.

I squeeze the lever

on the roundup

bottle.

 

buckthorn, my

sweetie snarls,

take that and

die.

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5.29

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sextuplet marriage – June 23

Posted on June 25, 2016 by landl30

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sextuplet marriage.

it’s all just

flavors of

ice cream.

 

really.

 

I thought we had

a good thing

going

 

when we could

make it work

with that just

one

 

other.

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the anxiety of grown children – June 20

Posted on June 23, 2016 by landl30

6.20,2016

the anxiety of grown

children

 

so many choices to

make and you

have to

step

 

away.

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throwbacks – June 19

Posted on June 21, 2016 by landl30

6.19.2016

we sit in adirondacks

on the front lawn

throwbacks

to when there was

no internet or telly

or ac.

 

a place to look out

across our garden

to where the overhead

canopy melds

into the street

and flows down

out of sight.

 

friends sit with us there

and talk, sharing

a glass, blessedly free

of the electronic

whirlwind.

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noticing – June 19

Posted on June 19, 2016 by landl30

6.19.2016

the lilac smell is sweet

close up to my

nostrils as I raise

on tiptoe to

their aroma

 

it’s a dark night

the street empty

but for my love

and I out to

gaze after nothing

 

we enjoy the crickets

then my eyes fill

with tears.

 

we guys so often

just do one thing

after another

not noticing that

things have come

to an end

 

like a son moving

out.

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the ‘practice’ of medicine – June 17

Posted on June 18, 2016 by landl30

6.17.2016

the doctor walks

out to the lobby

 

patients wait for

his wisdom

 

which he knows

is less than

they wish.

 

how do we find

hope when

 

the body has taken

a left turn

 

the heart has

hooked open

 

the bowels

closed

 

the head

banging.

 

the doctor walks

out to the lobby

 

where they will all

ask him

 

to fix it.

 

prayer and a reach

of skill

are all

 

that will get him

through.

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cygnets – June 14

Posted on June 15, 2016 by landl30

6.14.2016

three, four, small

white sails move

behind mother and

dad.

 

the trumpeters

are back, and behind

between them

cygnets paddle

into growth while

their folks cover them

from prying eyes,

ours.

 

they are aware,

we become aware,

of us as we walk

the pond shore

striving to put themselves

between us and their

young

 

like parents

everywhere.

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