Well, I manage to sleep in a bit more than that, Andrew. Although the roofers this morning started banging around 6:30 & that was that.
this catches the little motions of waking well...
Doug
On 2011-07-13, at 8:57 AM, andrew burke wrote:
> restless dog
> at 3am / frost white lawn
>
> lit by the full-cheeked moon
>
> shadow of
> a refugee palm
>
> over the daily news
>
> as I unwrap
> and unroll
> dew ripples off
> the headlines
>
> 3.10am
> kettle steams
> the kitchen window
>
> and I plunge the coffee
>
>
> Andrew
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>
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