June 9 AM

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A walk

All aboard
The huff and puff of
slow
moving
trainers


Time is dozing
like the sun
waiting in the wing

easing into its first développé,

ready to perform its arabesque
with its partner, the sky

Perfume lingers in the air

From the runway
of necks
and wrists
of long stemmed ladies

Wearied by winter

The convalescence

has begun

Days are long

But not as long as memory

Where the reverie of sprinkler dancing

The chamber music

interplay of baseball

And the chimes of Good Humor

Are just as clear now

As they were to

Our mom and dad

when they shared 

a front porch. hammock

Swaying to their fidelity

Ice floating in tumblers

Cigarettes resting
in the ashtrays we made

Nested in contentment

last night’s fight

overruled by love

They clung to the moment,

just like they hold us

in their ghost arms

to this very day.


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