Dandelions
my
talking feet feet talking of tiredness walking
and walking when I see the great distance I think
so far to go across little jagged rocks out
in the
field and ditches that make the ground unstable
you
could twist your ankle these are ankle twisting
fields slow undulating tablelands
fields footfall
and rock moment fields not your regular territory
look down and live here right
now it happens
the
barbed wire on the gate snatches the sleeve
of
your shirt wait awhile it says wait
a while here
it says have you seen the way the
wind or
even the slightest breeze gently tilts the
dandelion?
there are some days on the Rylstone
property that are so gentle the sky takes on this
gentleness so that even the autumn sun tilts in the
breeze like a giant dandelion and the birds are
drunk
and slow to land and the dandelions are
trembling at the base of your shoe all
our
existence! all our existence! all our existence!
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