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Job, There Is Forever

Sturgeon Moon
So soon
Summer slips through our fingers
Our own version of Michigan underwater beasts
Ogling the luminous bellies of boats swimming down Clam River

Dockside a roar with Ahab revelers

I have seen millions of moons
Leaping on the midnight ripples of Torch Lake

I have seen hills and pointes that darkly roll and rise
Inviting levitation
A cheer from our bow
Fireball shot

Looks like home but isn’t
We float down the shore with flashlights

I have seen a picture taken at the lakeside campfire
My wife and I
Standing in the gaps of our four sitting children

Six orange hooded faces
Without bodies
Eyes round as owls
Looking out from the tree of life

I cup my mouth with astonishment.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023




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