Monday, October 2, 2017

THREAD ~









Monadnock






At night we would light two lamps

Where I would watch you undo

Every button of that blue checkered dress

The rest of you in boots

Blonde hair loose

Wet a little from rainwater



That morning we climbed

From a roadside clearing

Alone on the mountain

Shared bread and honey

Followed the trail down

Of ice and small birds






Wait






All evening

A swallow has

Swept the grassy

Farmyard for one

Shedded goose

Feather to stitch

Into her nest —

It is easy enough

For me to pick

Up — but I watch

Instead, until

She has it







Thread





Take a blanket of red wool

Fold it into a cushion square

Beside flames of the wood fire

Where lamplight of the room

Falls the best, and right there

In the heat, away from winter

With your loom of sanded birch

I’ll watch you weave the moon

Stars, river and mountains

From a trail we’re on of thread







What She Wears





Where I am

The day is so utterly beautiful



All wind and sunshine

A dress could be sewn from it



And what do you know, I’m alone

But not for long



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BOB ARNOLD
I'm In Love With You
Who Is In Love With Me
Longhouse 2012