Tuesday, March 31, 2015

on the couch under a tree


the bay laurel between
the road and the creek
is a big umbrella with a broken rib
shading a faded tiger striped couch.

a man not quite old, 
but feeling the stack of his years
on the back of his neck, dozes.
a leaf-scented dream

floats him back
to the summers 
when he could live
in a story all afternoon.

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