Steam cools in cobbles
on thin glass
above dead pressed mulch,
coarse and boggy,
near dry silt laced like foam
on salty sea.
Between one coffee and
the next,
forgotten grounds fire
their broken dust,
remember a hot, earthy cellar,
a clay oven,
in cold water clearing
the cold cup.
Feb 26, 2014
Feb 26, 2014 at 5:41 PM UTC
Steam cools in cobbles
on thin glass
above dead pressed mulch,
coarse and boggy,
near dry silt laced like foam
on salty sea.
Between one coffee and
the next,
forgotten grounds fire
their broken dust,
remember a hot, earthy cellar,
a clay oven,
in cold water clearing
the cold cup.
In memory of Seamus Heaney.
