A Weekend

 

A weekend of the surreal

And strange teased and

Tossed by a strong warm

Wind tasting of the sea,

Strangers trying to find

Themselves through bits

Of broken conversation,

Mixed with half smiles

And grins and the taste

Of fresh coffee sipped

Under a dome of jazz,

Surprised how his father

Looked like a dried bug

At his own funeral, how a

Sister absent for twenty

Years offered to help in

Any way she could, the

Pros and cons of hardneck

Versus softneck garlic, why

Seeing auras can drive you

Crazy, the harshness of

Taxes and Harper’s suspect

Spending, suddenly soft

Humming solace from an

Ithacan Goddess experiencing

Love and peace by not becoming

What hurt her so.

 

Stephen Nesbitt ©

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