First, the picture is of my father's maternal grandfather, a tenant farmer of Pownal, Vermont, and father of nine. He was a big fellow, but he was crushed to death by a bull he let out of the pen so it could get a little air.
Second, this has been harder and more fun than ever. I am glad it's over.
Third, what came today:
What Came Today
It's hard to think in this green and black
breeze, though thinking never helped. How
it's always you and me and that which cannot
be got round. If yesterday was exciting, why.
Sitting at the edge of the bath, bathing at the edge,
sins washed clean, secret sins amassing like dust
in the far corners of the closets, all these sins
of the puppy. This is high church, puppy church,
the climbing, the pawing, the gnawing,
when all you longed for was interaction.
Or the main thing. (Even puppies refuse absolutes.)
As the Greeks said, or the Chinese, or maybe Will,
Conscience can make slaves of nobles of long lineage.
What I mean is Look up now. Come.
I always wondered about the pic. There's warmth in that face gone by the way of the horse-drawn tram.
ReplyDeletemy goodness, this month was the best and it was an absolute pleasure to stop by here on a daily basis to love, to learn, to learn to love and all that.
big, big hug. and bravo.