Still October

Afternoon Happenings 

Sitting at my desk,

Words scattered all over the place,

I Hear Drum beats 

In the distance.

Feel the cadence

Of the highschool

Marching band...

Letters jump

Onto their feet,

Forming themselves

Into the drill:

(to be read in 2/4 time)

Copper glaze

Stone mug

Honey melon

Leather crush

Seed flinch

Cork crumb

Melt settle

Water stop.

Rest— 

Rest—  

Rest—

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October

 

Earth

A stretched canvas is a drum.

I thump it with my thumb.

Big brush beats out the tune—    

Uneven scratches like waves

Describe the pattern,

Turns and footprints.

Lonely ant crawls across

Miles of hilly sand toward

The thundering waves,

Never stopping until

He is swallowed up. 

Seagulls float overhead,

Their fat bodies buoyant

On invisible air currents.

...and the whole earth is full of his glory. -Isaiah 6:3