Torch Lake Ii - of Wind and Creatures
Through our patio window
Pinned
With hundreds of Mayfly fins
Ruffling to the sunrise
I watch an ant
On our Torch Lake deck
Carry a detached translucent wing
Hoisted atop its back
Cleaning the lake’s frenzied hatch
One by one
From a moonlit dandelion
Blown to seed
Across the docks to shore
The night before
It would be
Like me
This morning
Lifting to one shoulder
A whole surrendered sailboat
Unfurled
While marching down McLaughlin Road
Waving to stunned cars as they slow to pass by
The sparkling lake shrinking behind me
Freed and restored
From a morning hoard of frenzied sailors
Who dared tailor the wind and waves
To the sinking suns of dotted buoys
Randomly scattered for the regatta races.
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