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Margaret Preigh: Meteor Shower, Connecticut 

March 8, 2022 by PBQ Leave a Comment

Eyes closed

and this sandbox is the Mojave.

The manes of Mom’s daffodils

take on the scruffy musk of lions

and crickets morph to a cloud of Noah’s locusts.

The stars overhead scatter down

into our jam jar

and we scoop them with our fingers,

sticky to our mouths.

The sun’s heat rests, dormant in the sand,

awaiting tomorrow’s release.

But for this night,

it is trapped beneath my back

and I am the barrier to everything.

Filed Under: Issue 101, Poetry 101 Tagged With: Margaret Preigh

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