Since Then<\/p>\n
Outside the high windows of what was once
\nour kitchen\u2014before that, a weaver’s room\u2014now a study\u2014
\nthe breeze-bent lilacs continue to wave and sway;<\/p>\n
the weeping willow grazes buffalo grass;
\nthe copper roses blaze and extinguish,
\nblaze and extinguish and blaze . . .<\/p>\n
but the peacock that appeared one afternoon
\nstrutting up and down the back garden’s brick path
\nhasn’t been seen again, and was not\u2014<\/p>\n
unlike the five tawny owlets
\nperched for weeks on a beam of the kitchen portale\u2014
\ndigitally photographed, turned into a screen saver.<\/p>\n
Almost everything’s been put on automatic pay
\nbut on some cloudless nights
\nI find my doormat’s openwork rubber<\/p>\n
enstarred with a cellophane sheen\u2014
\nthe moon’s monthly bill,
\nstill in your name.<\/p>\n
CAROL MOLDAW
\nField
\nSpring 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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