Tom Clausen

 
 
                                           
 
 
                                             
                                                  without fanfare
                                                  I drag the dead branch
                                                  to the brush pile
                                                  another day risen
                                                  and fallen from my life
 
 
 
                                                  how many people
                                                  can you connect to
                                                  and lose in a life
                                                  without feeling
                                                  quite lost
 
  
 
                                                   she has twice
                                                   had to bring me back
                                                   to the garden to help
                                                   how happy it makes her
                                                   when I stay
 
  
 
                                                   for ten years
                                                   we've come to this lake
                                                   for vacation
                                                   in the camera this year
                                                   your smile a little less
 
 
 
                                                   so many chances
                                                   in a day
                                                   to say something to you,
                                                   but here it is
                                                   growing late
 
 
 
                                                   at the old parking lot
                                                   the sparrows bathe
                                                   in a big puddle
                                                   sometimes I'm so happy
                                                   just to be here as witness
 
 

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