How strange
the search for loss
again, or more
than this.
- - -
How many times
he scraped against this
hungry cupboard door
so well rehearsed,
so now well fed.
Old squirrels dig their holes unhindered
in the yard. Wild geese
slide across the breeze like
clusters of sideways leaves
scrolling hard ground
for the dead.
Cold blankets
are tucked in place.
Maple leaves fall
more golden than before. Ripe
apples turn more than red.
What thief
would come so randomly
to sniff these empty chairs,
a myriad of playful things
abandoned in their corners;
who would spook a flock of
thundering tiny sparrows
thundering tiny sparrows
from their yews outside
his old living window?
Silence
rubs its desirous fur
against my autumn legs
for a scratch
on its needy head of wind,
its gust of whiskers and twigs
its patter of chronic malcontent.
its patter of chronic malcontent.
Finger strokes of clouds
curl and curl for a nap like feathers
on the tops of soft upholstered air.
on the tops of soft upholstered air.
A second hand clicks,
a pall of wind bemoans the window,
The room, now empty,
yawns itself to sleep,
the fresh white sleep
of solitude and long dreams.
of solitude and long dreams.
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