Land wears water
& water wears away
land.
& those of us in California
thirst.
make no mistake -- water is food &
water is poetry
& friends are poems as I recall the fabulous lunch of shrimp pesto salad, green bean salad, Italian red wine & an exceptional apple pie. An unparalleled meal at the home of Linda and Jill. Lauren there too. Where? Croton-on-Hudson, of course.
& here's what it looks like put through Waterlogue |
Croton Dam, Croton-on-Hudson, NYC. Croton Dam is the largest hand-hewed structure in the world. |
cp 227 footsteps /time travel/version continued
ReplyDeleteA heavenly breeze sweeps through the sky
lifting it all to an impossible, laughable height
to which her ancestors point grandly
never missing bird or ice or pathways
with their saintly proclamations
with their tulips hit by windy evenings
when it's terribly warm
when she stands waiting for nothing
but the footsteps of her lover
only she can see