Sunday, August 5, 2007

Glimpse of a Shadow

A solitary figure
bending in the cornfield
weeds row by row by row
across the patch
nothing out of order
same for many summers

a second glimpse
the figure missing
the field remains
untilled, bereaved
routines gone away
without the farmer

uninvited insight
triggers a vision
of approaching change
mind switches back
unwilling, unable
to consider sadness.

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