Free of the nets
free of the ropes—
moon on the water.
-- Buson
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A NET FOR THE MOON
We try to capture moments
at the local restaurant
as a child tries to assemble
a Mr. Potato Head on the restaurant floor
asking what goes where
until he figures how, himself.
The holiday window lights
blink on and off and on
as the cars roll by on Main St.
Trying to capture moments
is like chasing butterflies with a net,
or a net thrown into a pool of water to catch the moon.
Yet we go on,
capture moments with pen, with song,
with photo, watercolors once the ink stops to dry…
yet as we capture them,
how many moments have rolled by un-noticed?
Or in not capturing
have you noticed the lights blinking,
and the way glasses of wine unhitch the tongue,
how the conversation rolls by
solving all manner of problems
with heartfelt words and a smile,
all manner of problems solved
as a child finds the right mouth and eyebrows
for Mr. Potato Head,
as the moon seems to have caught me
staring out the window
and then made sure
there was something i too would be assembling.
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other chapbooks
Aromas Finer Than Prayer
A Net for the Moon
Presence of Birds
Spiral of Life
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