before daylight touches the hill the backs of wild geese

creek boulders
a swallow’s belly
as it changes course

awaiting test results …
I spread the mulch
thicker this year

3 a.m. watch
the lights of fishing boats
my only companions

grave shopping …
the one with a nearby tree
for climbing

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