Tuesday, May 21, 2013

the chorus diminished

Listening,

an ear cocked towards

the moon, to this:

gunfire, birdsong, sirens,


Voices, laughter, violins, roosters.

the night my mother wept.

a breeze in the pines.

the hiss of faraway traffic.


The roar of waves

and lions and stadiums.

and some things are missing,

fading away:


dial tones, ice cream trucks,

the chorus of frogs

and toads, disappearing

somewhere, everyday.

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