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See the reclamation garden, borne from leftovers

Mint and daisies, a lily now and then

Saved from gifts, alive not shorn

From Mother’s Day and birthdays

And just because…

The angel appears

to watch over mud and leaves and snow about to come

to watch until spring.

Join me for an interview by Michael Brantley – author of Memory Cards

October 21st – still tasting good. Racked and Fined.

My Journey Begins Where the Road Ends…

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Willie Lomax Blues

Feeling like a salesman home from the road

Shoulders sag from the weight

of a book newly released.

 

He skipped breakfast watched lunch pass on by

coffee keeps him moving til the end of the day.

With each small bookstore Willie encounters

a fresh, happy face

Come in can I help oh so busy

Summer crowd you see.

 

Willie stands in back feigning

occasionally a cover draws him in

he picks up a book while the bookseller

rings another sale he waits patiently

gathers his courage and practices his pitch.

 

She meets his eyes finally unsure at first

I am not a salesman, I am a writer

I have a book.

 

She was about to order one from the press or

Lovely cover, I’ll take three or

Please, we don’t like walk-ins or

Do you have five? Let’s set a date for signing.

 

 

A check and a promise in hand

a hundred dollar bill

the salesman cracks open a beer.

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are the sunsets, just a week ago, when a breath of spring finally arrives along with a new presence at the farm – Sweet Betty