wine print on neutral veronese,
some drink to live,
some live to drink
i spent a lowly year "out back"
high up in the Adirondacks
i spent a couple grand and change
lay a lady lay again...
here lies conquer with no-seq
ne vis plus, prefaced as con
harboring the depth of write
just to overcome the wrongs
always drone as rhythm does
pin and doily on the water
mag-a-nolia, Julian, golden
life of old and orchards open
send a silhouette to the cabin door...
happy getting older, broaden
road and carriage,
stock and bale
bail and stalk
walk o’er hill
neatly seated at heron
seated on the bench i stole
i knitted up the overgrowth
and lay i shall think of the olds
of plum-stained linens from the gods,
rags and gore,
pale blue bones
the modern peril is destination and fortified knowns.
-riley minteer
“the overgrowth”
(from “standing in two gardens”)
Thursday, October 31, 2019