Praying for What Falls
pelted leaves drip
with gathering strength
as light finds its way
to my thin veined aperture
praying for what falls freely
from
May 31, 2013
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pelted leaves drip
with gathering strength
as light finds its way
to my thin veined aperture
praying for what falls freely
from
until the green leaves
with darkened edges
remind us to water
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the coots thin faces suddenly white
on the edges of the wind,
drifting in the shallows
as if on the first morning<!--
Before first light the men arrive in their battered pickups, dented from the in and out of heavy tools. Jack Benjamin helps J.C. lift the
strangers walking by with flowers dropping
into cement gone soft from their fall
as the sky clears and the last of winter<br