11.20.2011

Poem of the Week CXXII

The second in John Stone's November pair--
November
2. LATE
John Stone

Out in the weather
the waterproof birds
hoping together
exempted from words

this is my time
the fall of the leaf
that imperfect crime
finale of grief

summer's illusion
a figure of speech
August's intrusion
cast off on the beach

December ahead
white as the distance
frost overspread
at winter's insistence

the chances of spring
little more than a guess
whatever the question
the answer is yes.

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