Movement creates heat so we lay, still as air, rooted as the banyans, propped and languid. There is only one consideration: How slow can you go — we adapted the game, a new kind of limbo. Minus perdition, which no one liked at the end. It’s easy to dismiss darkening skies from this angle, underneath… Continue reading Elsewhere, Maybe
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Sympathy to the Crow
Today, against greenest June fields I watched a red-winged blackbird chase a crow then retreat to safer branches. At some distance, it appeared the crow had something in its beak and I wondered what offense had been levied to warrant such defense, and whether the blackbird sang now in victory or mourning. You’d later learn,… Continue reading Sympathy to the Crow
Ripening
The lychee and mango are ripening against sapphire blue, the air scented with notes of green pepper and salt. Circulation slows but there’s a quickening to the linger, pregnant as these days are with swelling sun and swelter. Finding little respite from distended clouds, stay. We were taught to count – one, one hundred, two,… Continue reading Ripening
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