Ken Wagner

06-09-25

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

Rapid fluttering
Wild bird
in the house

Fall chill
Memories of you
Piles of leaves

Pounce and hide
My dog is gone
Piles of leaves

Clouds wisp
Square suburbs
The sky above

Small fish in a shallow pool
The flat wet smell
of low tide

Grass spreads
Under
our fence

Piles
of leaves
again

Piles of
your leaves
again

Leaves fall
and we
fall again