Two For Today...

1.23  A Voice

This morning in the sky

a flying V of fowl

except

not at all the shape

normally reserved for

migration

no no

this morning in the sky

they formed a B

honking as if 

to say 

nothing to see here

and carried on

their calls fell away

almost entirely before

another gaggle appeared

this one an E formed 

straight from printer’s row

and next came 

H and I stood

craning my neck at the horizon

while A and V passed by

followed by yet another E

or perhaps the same

as the song of their passing

faded from the sky

and I returned

smiling

to my front door.

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1.24  Treasure Hunt

These wooden pieces

and their cardboard home

tucked away beneath

paper and ink decrees

secreted away

in the back of 

this old teak chest

is so much more

than just a game.

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