blue stone quarry
morning
thirty-seven
on the icy gravel dike
these glacial acid lakes
upstate, pure
where fish die
lacking green
dusty white catskill
mountains
one bay window sunset
tunnel to December
walking backwards
rubbing two mitten shells
between blue palms
fading to parking lot
four thirty
washing up the rese-
voir enclave
foamy rainbow
remnants
chlorinated streaks
sky-lining volcanic
river valley
turning hell-fire gold
falcon circling
purple-grey cloud now
speckled escarpment
facing wind
chilly legs
pressing accelerator
away from bank
toward highway
clothes tousled
over and over
colors surfacing
by the rowboat w/o a permit
Micro Plastic pools
for bathing suit divers
twenty-twenty sailors
becoming painters
in twenty-twenty one
Email Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes at [email protected].
