Noises

freeway traffic
many honking horns
Geese yaking

the busy bee
drilling a hole in
my window sill

sleeping with one
ear tuned to a babes voice
the new mother

a hushed quiet
the ball trails to the net
and finds it's mark

a bar raises as
another record falls
Jesse Owens
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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July 4, 2020 at 8:42 AM
this is just lovely
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