I
slow and
rosy fingertips
apologized
to a final strip of pavement
as they brushed the
remaining crumbs of
sunlight into a different sky &
I sat on the porch
for 17 minutes,
recording the halos of thinly suspended
rain, bright and ringed,
dissolving behind each car
until you came outside
to drive me back home
II
"I'm a nomad"8
he exhaled, smoke rising
from the hand not occupied
by the steering wheel.
she looked at him,
and then away.
she did not
watch his eyes.
"I'll come to you."
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&"...The rotational period and seasonal cycle [of the planet NowWhat] are likewise similar to those of earth, as is the tilt that produces the seasons..."
8"Peripatetic nomads, who offer the skills of a craft or trade to those with whom they travel, are most common in industrialized nations."
Jun 24, 2013
Jun 24, 2013 at 10:39 AM UTC
I
slow and
rosy fingertips
apologized
to a final strip of pavement
as they brushed the
remaining crumbs of
sunlight into a different sky &
I sat on the porch
for 17 minutes,
recording the halos of thinly suspended
rain, bright and ringed,
dissolving behind each car
until you came outside
to drive me back home
II
"I'm a nomad"8
he exhaled, smoke rising
from the hand not occupied
by the steering wheel.
she looked at him,
and then away.
she did not
watch his eyes.
"I'll come to you."
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
&"...The rotational period and seasonal cycle [of the planet NowWhat] are likewise similar to those of earth, as is the tilt that produces the seasons..."
8"Peripatetic nomads, who offer the skills of a craft or trade to those with whom they travel, are most common in industrialized nations."
