Sunday, December 01, 2019

earth note 721


if i could catch the spirit
in a bottle and put it on the shelf
december wouldn't be
as dark and gray
as it started out to be

these green walls might lift you
up above the fray
where the newspapers fade to yellow
the truth leaving fast
there's no need to find excuses

the leaves are close to compost
where the death knell brings new life
you said there's not much difference
a debate is never a debate
the sky is like a beginning before the shouting

those are not wet streets
but mirages
like the highway calling out
close your eyes for a thousand crows
     your voice in a bottle

--- e b bortz

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