Separation

First published in Rattle #55 (23:1), Spring 2017. Also featured on the Rattle website on 10 July 2017, complete with my audio recording. Sequence originally written in June and July of 2011.


the hangtime

of a tossed football

separation



separation

the balcony again

in shadow



fish heads

in a bucket

separation



separation

the town square flag

at half mast



      fog

       in

      the

  forecast

separation



the birthday cake

store-bought

separation



the ice finally shifts

as I tip my glass

separation



shuttered windows

on the family cottage

separation



a gargoyle’s laugh

from atop the cathedral

separation



gas prices

lower today

separation



last out

of the little league game

separation



whether the stop lights

are green or red

separation



the firemen

washing a ladder truck

separation



flecks of rust

beneath the anchor

separation



the kids’ shoes

lined up at the door

separation



separation

another poem

about sandcastles



the patter of rain

on the forest path

separation