Thursday, June 30, 2011

In that piece of amethyst

a shard of a bottle
a piece of their lives
something familiar, cast off
as if buried in a grave
Found, washed of the dust
gathered, raised up
brought into the light



June 30, 2011
bottle dump
down behind Big Y
below West Silver Street
Westfield, MA
early 1970’s
&
on preparing to post the earlier poem,
“What makes the mind remember”
to www.christianpoetry.org
June 30, 2011

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