back in the firebox
calliope notes riding the breeze
these mental mooring lines
unknotthe boilers sings its fire song
the paddlewheel rolling us upriver
against the current
towards Towhead Island
to turnaround and return
[from Field Notes]
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sun ripple
“Morning has Broken” echoes on a not-so-distant calliope
the new week’s sun rippling on the river
and the window outside the firebox
a moment of calm before the fire
a basin a coda: down at the public landing
this common rhythm, staccato
go and go and go and soon
it will empty out; a basin
a coda, and we will take the current
a long and circuitous route
back home