Ken Wagner

04-09-22

Date night
on the Ferris wheel
Flat tire

Rushed footsteps
and rain
Cobblestone street

Movement
in the valley below
Sheep

With flying colors
Balloons ascend
over the desert

Spring flowers
The mother’s persistent
dry cough

Lighting
her cigarette
Cherry blossom

Stiff rope looped
over the post
A rowboat

Our conversation
The lighthouse
and the rolling sea

Gated hogs
on the farm
Tom Waits, softly

Fresh
coffee beans
Homesick