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new camellia
we take turns counting
the bloom buds

noon sun
a sow suckles her newborns
beneath the wagon

broken pot-
a spider web seals
the drain hole

pulling weeds-
behind his headstone
the broken urn

coldest night
petting the cat
until the first spark

power outage-
a whippoorwill calls
from the tree shadows

night sounds-
the cat weaves her way
through a vertical blind

small-town weekend
piles of raked leaves
in every yard

midnight-
the cat and I share
a pork chop

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Ferris Gilli
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Copyright © Ferris Gilli
June 2000

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