the struggling banana plant
moved outdoors
all hopes
for recovery stem
from a single, green leaf

while remembering those
who have fallen in times of war
let us not forget
those who have fallen
in the name of peace

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in the twilight when everything
is more or less gray
the ambiguous field
of horses nuzzling
each other in the fog

free admission
to the pond
this memorial day weekend
the deep notes
of bullfrogs

as though
it remembered
how the last wave felt
the lean of a boat
against the beach

rain briefly stopping
the flow of heat
one leg of the rainbow
arches over
the firehouse

from an era
when it was harder
to cover up your mistakes
letters tattooed
on the cylinder*
of an old smith-corona

*also referred to as a platen

a few feet away
from the mole's burrow
an earthworm
trying to find its way
back into the soil

twa memorabilia
a replica
of an L-1011
casts its shadow
across the globe

the exercise bike
taken out of storage
just resting in the garage
the spokes from the carriage
of a daddy-long-legs