... on a rocky ledge above the river ... lightning shatters black sky ... I awake to your voice ... a poem bittersweet .......... we drift into morning
... two ruffed grouse lived in my meadow ... all that's left ... pieces of their wings ... I kneel beside them ... that's too many / too many broken things
Image by John Audubon
another fall we sleep in an upstairs bedroom on your family's abandoned farm your uncle's car in the driveway bringing chili, cornbread, and gin Photograph by Sandra Cunningham
... sounds the world could do without but I'd miss them: ... kitchen radio playing low ... a phone ringing at the end of a hall ... tires in the driveway