Summer Ablutions
Summer Ablutions
Stunned by July in a hammock
he remembers the apricot wife
no longer here
one curler more and the flutter
of leaves in the orchard
the sound of trees
letting go
a downpour of plums
flowing over
the wicker
propped open
below
Donal Mahoney
Copyright © Donal Mahoney | Year Posted 2010
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