now and then
ripples on the lake—
overhanging limb

dust
swirling in a sunbeam
glimpses
of my life
in each particle

catch
of
the
day—
a
cat
rattling
the
garbage
pales

ping
pong
ball

bouncing

the
cat’s
head
(too )

ice bay water—
a blue crab’s bubble
floats to the surface

glint
of
a
matador’s
sword—
the
ripening
of
grapes

daybreak—
the
tiniest
ant
crawling
from
a
white
rose

claws up!
a
fiddler
crab
shuffles
sideways
at
low
tide

creaking through
the woodwork
old lovers,
these twisted thorns
forever in our thoughts

sun
radiating—
stretches
of
barbed-wire
fence
along
the
misted
road