white
paint on walls
almost
everything is doubled up
socks
pants shirts
gloves
the
mule deer are favorites
w/their
own warm coats of chocolate
ice
cream swirl
turkey
mothers/fathers run close behind poults
always
in a hurry playing in the park/the yard
&
then
ravens
all
the time
ravens
off
the side of a hungry canyon
I.
grand
coulee separates
herself
she
is aloof
watches
she
will claim
she
is not in a serious relationship
II.
although
osprey nests are empty
atop
silos they still echo
leaves
falling
if
you are interested/
if
you look close enough
III.
you
might see canadian lynx/thick coated coyotes
&
cackling geese arrive at banks
for
winter
badgers
hang out in large rocks
by
the ball fields
then
there are those rarely seen
but
everyone has a story- & what to do
if you
see bears & cougars
fungi
if
we must have fairy circles
give
them peals of wedding bells
stop
wedding
mushrooms wedding
vows
oaths explanatory phrases
&
they don’t promise marriage
from
an old maple
you
don’t care close you
are
so mad at the rain in the lake
enough
w/feelings enough
circles
of greyish day
how
about that how
about
crying rings
as a
sign of commitment
circles
of hollow
on
the ocean walk
how
about too much before
over
& over
the
same kind of what happens
give
me a hidden tree umbrellaed
&
I’ll see the allergies
in a
forest of fairy circles
if
it still feels if
it
still smells sweet
what
about circles
Connie Backus was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. She loves to
write about nature and run along the coulee with her daughter.
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