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Dusty Poet : Two

[Poet’s Note : Companion Poem to 
Dusty Poet : 2025 ] 
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Placed : 1st
Contest: 1491 : July 26
Sponsor: Brian Strand

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On a dusty road I returned to 
                   my ancestral land
with a donkey, cart, provisions
all circled with poetry anthologies 
wild whirlwinds escorted our wheels
                    it was no big deal
forever away from neon lights 
                  I will be flying kites

I arrived at a forlorn wooden door ajar
wild cats with hooting owl taken occupancy 
dust thick cloaked oak table waiting 
willows billowing a westerly welcome baiting 
with rakes, spades, shovel stacked against 
      broken fence, morning glories heckling 
           hence I will quietly write as
               my wrinkles twinkle delight

where vast turquoise sky meets 
mustard wheat field whimpering 
there thick dust as memories 
sweet and bitter will skitter sopranos
sottos, sonnets etheric 
into sunset molecules on parchments 
                             inherited, ink diluted 
my stanzas singing songs of silent solitude 

ribs will roar of love gained, upheld, lost
    nerves relaxing after ducks return
     fire I will ignite to warm my cockles 
as faucets start gurgling, then chuckle
           dust mites paddle 
                  down rusty drain buckle

she can sing her own solos with another man
I’ll write my name with fingertips in sand 
at the edge of mossy pond where bone dust 
feed these earthworms squirming ~  
    as neighbourly goats curiously peer       
                                    affirming  

unpack I my sparse belongings 
journals filled with notes joyfully sour
takkies, rainboots, coffee, dried milk, beans
have to wash a couple of mugs clean
    some cracked ceramic bowls 
                   my goals to hold ——
 to dust I returned before 
                  my final ash burn

poetry already oozing purple sweat
red corpuscles dripping rhyme through 
                    glands silhouette 
I plug in a loyal vacuum who remembers 
                        my dry palms  
it splutters a welcome devouring 
                 passage dust, a must 

zebra longwing butterflies flutter as I water 
an almond tree with two parallel 
                   sentinel olive queens 
nuts will I chomp as alone I will romp 
                            to dust I returned ~  

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