in the rain
ripened in the rain
the beach is empty
and at the center
of my thoughts
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night heron
pond hem
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spools of thread
grandfather in the family shop
mouth full of tacks
spitting profanity
and father having none of it
but the comaraderie
the blue bowling shirts
said M&S Upolstery
across the back
Seamstress
Ellen, order of the eastern star,
married to master mason Emile
(banned in January 1934)
