Hopscotch in the Park by Paul O. Williams and Michael Dylan
Welch
First published in Hedgerow #107, February 2017. Originally written 8
May 1995 in Foster City, California, with a few edits about a year later. Paul O. Williams died in 2009.
the raven circles
with a cone of seagulls—
but darker, lower Paul
the shape in the grass
from a fallen stop sign Michael
a circular table
rusting on the porch—
its crosshatched top Paul
hopscotch in the park—
a nun lifts her habit
to leap over the stone Michael
a beetle crawls on the ball
lost at the edge of the field Paul
blowing rain . . .
the maple leaf silhouetted
against the windshield Michael
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