sometimes
the best you can do
is
to balance on one foot
maybe
like making the leap
from
the mountain position to the tree
holding
yoga steady
your
eyes focused straight ahead
claiming
that defiant
pre-las
vegas elvis presley smirk
as
your protest if you feel up to it
a
fiddler's americana might be misnamed
but
the grass holds onto its last chlorophyll
long
into autumn
when
the mandolin or the sitar take over
and
guide the dead leaves
to
a final resting place
circle
unbroken
hands
around the world
you
can say it even if your lips don't move
amen
---
e b bortz
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