Follow the ants up the ginger stem
Dissolve in the mixed-drink afternoon air
Thick, salty, and sweet
They leave no prints on carpet
Or curtain in this golden catalogue shot--
Parlor? Bloom's throat?
Brief above the green, steaming,
No holes or drops or rabbits, too heavy
To breathe.
It's the prompt provided...but the prompt did ask for what you miss from outside. That, of course, is all the things that won't surprise you, the deer and the words that come easier on the concrete benches than they do, here, where all the concrete tasks murmur just over your shoulder. And the flowers you're missing as the seasons turn.
-- Chrissa
"they leave no prints on carpet"....indeed they do not. This is a lovely representation of what you are missing in the beauty of nature Chrissa! I love it!
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Good opening Chrissa. They somehow believe in community activity, silently together. Yet they don't bother while at it. They are bothersome only when they take root with their nests!
Hank
Sounds like a very serenic home away. No wonder you miss it. Loved your little note in the bottom as well :)
ReplyDeleteMakes me want to slow down and think. I love the concrete benches...concrete tasks thought.
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