Dave Read

forest fire smoke
dominates the sky —
the lost
dominion
of birds

mountain trail …
a bear crosses
my mind

wedding dance
a bachelor moves in on
the gin

pit stop
we water the roadside
flowers

stop light
a beggar feeds
on traffic

river depths
an osprey clutches
water

pooling where the creek bends fish

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idling
on the driveway
my anger

irish pub
our accents
grow thicker

ripples on
the pond ~
small talk