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by Wyatt Potter

 

                    —for Heather and CJ

 

I lean my weighty head

On her manure-smelling overcoat
and his books and bands.

Many are sinking
and diving towards the murky bulwark tide.

Affluent flophouse
mercurial tele-worlds and drop-outs
succumbing to no longer-nature

The empty rails and gravel ghosts of the great American highway
spread iron meridians county to county.

Connecting lines from cracked cement to damp clay;
This affirming verdant undergrowth feeds two sturdy Chestnuts,
a Birch, and a Maple.

Radiant as a blazing sky they stand, and sustain my limbs in transitional bliss-
closer to the earthen odor.

In shade, this tranquil vanguard pushes against metal coles with lacquered strength-and against indifference with a supreme love.

Whatever is to be built
and what may never know branch or scaffold I will give thanks to all that is here
for it is all that needs remain.

 



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