12.21.2022

the pleasure of stealing is part of it

Early morning in cloud light 
to the sound of the last 
of the rain at daybreak dripping 
from the tips of the fronds 
into the summer day 
I watch palm flowers open 
pink coral in midair 
among pleated cloud-green fans 
as I sit for a while after breakfast 
reading a few pages 
with a shadowing sense 
that I am stealing the moment 
from something else 
that I ought to be doing 
so the pleasure of stealing is part of it 
 

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