At the pond early

night grass steams.

Mourning doves in

the fog, a few feathers

on the lawn though no

geese for two days.

Only the heron like

a slate candle, a drift

wood stick and my

ancient cat, a

cloth ball in her

jaws leaping to my

desk cuts the sleeve

of quiet

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