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Lemons watercolor by Donna Andrews |
wait
This day
goes slowly;
the sun, seemingly crawling
hand over hand through the sky.
In the windless silence
dust settles still and
unstirred on the ground;
my forlorn mailbox,
like a scarecrow,
keeps watch
on an empty road:
still no mail...
© Jonathan Bohrn (1999) |
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lemons
oblong and plump,
they flaunt
their perfection of dimples,
too many to count
(their little sisters
in the basket beside them
limegreen with envy)
they glow in the language of
sunflowers, daffodils, marigolds,
so confident in their yellow,
my plate paling awkwardly
as it tries, in vain
to contain them.
© Jonathan Bohrn (1999)
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endless photograph © Andrew
Chamblin
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