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ON BARE ACRES

Posted on November 1, 2022 by | Leave a comment

 

 

The black hole in the barn

has grown since August

as we peel-off long green

 

(high-dollar hay) vacuumed-up

by cows nursing hungry calves.

Al the prognosticators

 

tease us with promises

of thunderstorms tonight

if only to settle the dust.

 

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DINNER

Posted on December 5, 2020 by | 4 comments 





No rare, sixteen-ounce
Chile Verde Rib Eye
leftovers to box for home,
 
no Iceberg Old School
wedge with Blue Cheese 
crumbles, no red wine
 
bottle at twice the price
to finish before leaving
town—no spoiling us
these Covid days,
 
though we tire
of our own cooking,
of feeding hay without rain.
 
Bare acres, not a spear 
of feed half-way 
up the mountain,
 
these good cows wait 
with their calves
at the gate for dinner.



							

	
			

				
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REPLACEMENT HEIFERS


			

				Posted on September 3, 2015 by  | Leave a comment
			


				

				
 


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We feed our future,

as it approaches, plenty

of alfalfa hay.


 

							

	
			

				
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RAINDROPS


			

				Posted on February 5, 2015 by  | 3 comments
			


				

				
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Following fifty tons

through light showers

across Nevada, 


big alfalfa bales

towards our dry

California home,


we focus on raindrops

streaking reality

after a week of poetry


and song, to feel

our poor possibilities

grow by the truckload—


heavy with an endless

emptiness in our bellies

beneath the straps 


of seat belts

before another wreck.

We hang on.


 

							

	
			

				
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