Thursday, January 14, 2016

Susan Hawthorne #14 parting

we walk the beach
sand catching in our toes
breath catching in our throats
wind in our hair

the dog rolls in day old coconut milk
spilling stench onto your hands
she runs prances tries to entice her

friend onto the beach to play

the garden is walked and rewalked
dog washed and rewashed
office cleared and cleared again
dusted wiped swept

I cut flowers broken
in the wind you arrange the first
five I finish with the next armload
these are the rituals of parting



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