Wednesday, July 16, 2014

THREE VARIATIONS ON A SCENE


1.

Egret flashes white,
rises over cypress knees
protruding from swamp.


2.

Bicycling down a rural road
in Isle of Wight County, Virginia,
I watch a white egret
take off from a swamp,
rising quickly over cypress knees.


3. 

Dammit, keep your eyes on the road,
I say to myself,
and quickly correct the bicycle’s path
to avoid running into the swamp.

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