Make
New bowls
Make
New food
Gentleman
no one else does —
so the dog rises
as one enters
Landscape
In the right place
at the right time
with the right lighting
and in the breeze
you could fall in love
Floating World
It was a dreamy time for you and me
The weather said so
The pair of windows that opened like shutters
The easy turn of the latch
Through the opening light dazzled
Something like your hair
Many years married please know
Is many years loved
A small bird with flashing orange wings
Sang from a tree that grew to our window
In this hut we built with our own hands
Some would call it a fairytale
These days pass by as light becomes darkness
There is next to nothing to show for it
How They Met
He took what clothes he needed washing, including the ones he was wearing, and she put everything into their old washing machine and it was done. She then took the fresh wash spun dry and carried it outdoors and hung it on the clothesline for the afternoon. Then she went to town to do errands. He cut a lot of grass. When they met up again the clothes were dry. He cut up fruit for their supper and she went out and brought the clothes in sun kissed from the line. She folded everything neat as a pin and rested it on the back of the sofa near the hallway door to the upstairs. He went carefully through the clothes and decided he needed everything of his right there downstairs. He left the clothes alone. Hours later, on her way upstairs, she took all the clothes with her up the stairs. When she got upstairs something about it all told her his clothes were supposed to stay downstairs. She brought the clothes downstairs.
He was happy to see her.
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Bob Arnold
Heaven Lake
Longhouse 2018
