Cuttings: Summer
Michael P. Garofalo
Summer
Red Bluff, Tehama County, California
our lips smack
separating
our fantasies
[July]
Moonflowers aglow
along the lattice walls;
a candlelit porch.
[September]
Going to and fro--
footprints on the gravel path
silently pacing.
[August]
Freely
jumping
over our childish
limitations.
[August]
sunburnt
wasted land
bristling with star thistles
[July]
This cat in my lap
purring, eyes closed, ears back--
fur on my fingers.
[September]
Sharpening the shovel
Shiny edge of steel
Sparks
[July]
Black figs fattening
in the bright sun --
birdless skies.
[August]
I sit, still.
The canyon river chants,
moving mountains.
[August]
I was thinking about "the Absolute"
(whatever that is)
yesterday. (Philosophers enjoy
the rush of mental masochism:
bondage to leathery ideas,
painful flagellation with cutting words,
the humiliation of utter confusion.)
Absolute Zero - Death!
Clearly, a deep shivering Super-Conducting
Absolute No.
Then,
The Past: a second ago, a century ago...
Dead Time - absolutely kaputt!
- Kaputt, One Short of a Baker's Dozen
Duck feathers
floating on
the pond--
dappled dusk sky.
[August]
morning coffee sans sugar
sipped in silence--
still her cold shoulder
[September]
The back door
Bangs shut!
September gust.
[September]
Bad karma bleeding
over
centuries of hate;
a heartless
eye for a blind eye,
a toothless
scream for another.
We wiped away
our tears--
late summer sunset.
Crape myrtle, brilliant red, bursting
forth;
Hiding the garden.
Some days, only the Garden, entire, serene;
Yet, hiding from sight, shy, single plants.
Seeing Both, seldom, but as One:
Sweat poured from my startled brow,
Dripping on the dry earth,
And all became Sunshine
And shadows of surprise unraveling.
[August]
dark green
bean field -
blazing sun
[August]
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