Fish in the orchard
I am not surprised to see him
in the long wet grass between the apple trees
because I know what we are all capable of
when we act with conviction.
Not that we have to swim against the tide,
do the opposite of what’s expected
to be noticed. The same road or river,
the same worn path offers itself up
to us: bright green leaves of dandelion
in a crack of tarmac, the sound water
makes over rock, our footsteps adding
to the memory of other footsteps
on the hard packed earth. We are always
at the beginning of something.
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