Patience
below, her
breathing
what she might
hear
an address, a bed,
tapioca sheets
there among sheep
she carries home
for congratulation
what a rat hunted
by a cat might
wall of lupines,
decades of wind
what water
destroys, unfairly tapped
all, or some
portion, may be recovered
jack, tuck, swamp
of spring
invisible ropes
to cushion her
falling
tidy hum of
deafness
furtively stroked
again & again
the heart’s fast
beat
words standing in
line to be chosen
for a second look,
wood grain
thread wearing
away
familiars
in community,
silence
patient communion
BEST poem ever. I cannot tell you how much I love this poem.
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