Again
Why would
we live
like those who
believe in curses
susceptible to rain clouds
and the winsomeness
of gravity?
Don’t you see soft
butter in the paint,
the pale brush strokes,
the way she leans to
open the door to any
peeking star? I want
to live
at river’s gravel edge
and feel dark water flow
cold-moving,
rounding down
sharp stones, even though
we live
for more than
any given season.