Oma’s recipe —

the cake was always ready

before we arrived

this tiny new fawn

still so wobbly and yet

trying to bound

(Inspired by RPK)

we tie the driftwood

together into a raft

leaving drifting behind

(For TLF, my partner in raft-building.)

playing at playing —

the outfielders wander off

late in the game

(Inspired by M & R)

the nurse takes his pulse

while I remember when

his heart beat within me

sun-soaked days —

we feel the urge to travel,

unfold all our maps

during the storm

rainwater like a mill race

looking for a mill

fixin' to grow up

as fast as the rain came down —

from-nowhere mushrooms

watching the rabbits

out in the pouring rain

and not minding