Monday, July 4, 2016

Jeremy Seligson writes



9.

C
R
I
C
K
E
T
S



“Since
            Woodsman
                        cut

            old
                   birch
                                    down

            life
                        hasn’t
                                    felt

                        the
                                    same”


            “Yes ~
                        some~
                                    thing
                       
                                                inside
                                                            has
                                                died”

                                    “Some~
                                      thing
                                                pristine”


“They
            might
                        root
                                    up

            our
                   vegetables
                                      next

                        “Leaving
                                                us
                                                            nothing ….”


                                                Sun
                                                            sinks
                                    while
                                                farmers
                        wait
                                    for
           
                                                our
                                    cricket                  
                                                serenade


                        “Some
            fiddle
                        up
            there

by
            elephant~
                        ear
                                    leaves

            or
                        down
                                    here
among
          dark
                   trees”


                        “Such
            comforts
                        give                                         
                                               
                                                sleigh
                                                bells
                                    of
                                                crickets

jingling
          through
                        fields
                                    tonight

Just
            hear
                        the
                                    melody”


                        “Hey
                             Dee,

                        what
                                    ‘ya
                                                say …?”

“I
            was
                        listening

            to
                        your
                                    sermon,
                                                Dah,


            ~ the
                        promise
                                    our
                                                friends

                        could
                                    stay
                                                safe”

            “How
                        about
                                    assembling
                        our
                             church
                                      choir?


                        “Listen,
                                    Dee ~
                        it’s
            the
                        moment
            of
                        transition
                       
                             ~ crickets
                        giving
                                    way

            ~ cicadas
taking
            over
                        day

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