Well, Tom and I are in Pennsylvania for a long weekend, and I've had a chance to write in the backseat of our camper van as we cruised up I-81. I'm currently reading The Really Short Poems of A.R. Ammons, which is definitely influencing my work.
WHERE I SEE MYSELF IN FIVE YEARS
I wonder if someone asked me exactly
five years ago
where do you see yourself in five years
because I know I didn’t have the pleasure of saying
well
I see myself in a field in South Carolina
unemployed, frustrated and twirling my hair
as I sit in tall grass
three donkeys grazing around me
one the color of a nickel, one a red almond, one like milk
I’m sure five years ago I said something to the tune of
business and success
and I wasn’t thinking clearly about the possibilities.
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NATIONAL
the enormous metal beater
moves through the flooded
cranberry field
turning it into a proper bog
sea of red hearts
bobbing
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WHERE I SEE MYSELF IN FIVE YEARS
I wonder if someone asked me exactly
five years ago
where do you see yourself in five years
because I know I didn’t have the pleasure of saying
well
I see myself in a field in South Carolina
unemployed, frustrated and twirling my hair
as I sit in tall grass
three donkeys grazing around me
one the color of a nickel, one a red almond, one like milk
I’m sure five years ago I said something to the tune of
business and success
and I wasn’t thinking clearly about the possibilities.
----------------------------------------------------------
NATIONAL
the enormous metal beater
moves through the flooded
cranberry field
turning it into a proper bog
sea of red hearts
bobbing
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