Monday, October 25, 2010

Presence

Spotted red leaf on blacktop
white dog on green patch of lawn
silhouette on white garage doors

shadow, mine.

Funny thing about the shadow
are you forward or backward?

Hard to tell at a quick glance
no pretense, no afterthought
just there
present
now
and now is good. 

Monday, October 4, 2010

For the record

I saw it as a sandstone dome
of yellowed stone.

August 29, 1957
October 13, 2010

No name attached,
only the days in between
were numbered.

It woke me as a concerted
disconcertion.

A door closing?

I do not believe in death per se...

decay?

Quite another matter.