Tuesday, September 02, 2014

Hearing the Road Behind the Hill

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Afield at what feels like

 the end of an era

an excitement of bees

chants in the goldenrod

they give me some peace

in a mistral wind

that carries the clash of the road

at the clamorous finish

of the final iron age

a corporate desperation

that leaves me small and weak

but i can stand quite still

and i can hear the bees

louder for now than the trucks

hauling waste behind the trees

and i can write the thrill.