Ken Wagner

11-23-25

Sunrise
White frost on
the red berries

Empty
stadium – A single
bullfighter

Empty
stadium – A single
bull

My grief
Empty gurney,
empty hall

A single soul
The nearly empty
stadium

The single soul
A nearly empty
stadium

Sycamore tree
Tilted graves in the shadows
of high-rise apartments

Bloody arm
among the dead begonias
Halloween

Bloody arm
among the red and green begonias
Crime scene

Late-day sun
A large tortoise lounges
on a backyard stone

Dripping slats
Fresh blood and snow
on a park bench

Dripping slats
Fresh snow
on a park bench