8.21.2021

last briefs of color claim and jostle and won't give up

Heat of the apple, soul 
of the wish imprinting 
the tree, fall 

of sweetness flaming
away: here's 
maybe the final

ghost of full and ripe
in a lucky punctual
goblet, shining

naked to taste,
humming how now
in the garden the last

stalks yearn, last
briefs of color
claim and jostle

and won't give up.

But the tree so silent,
the picnic table sputtering out.

What strolls in the grove?
Go sit on the battered
chaise the former owner

left still warm.
Go sit and sip.
And listen.


Forget to weep.
 
[Sandra Gilbert {1936- } 'Calvados', from Kissing the Bread] 

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