By Gene Novogrodsky
A father and daughter at twilight,
Bats darting in from the falling night ….
Saturn high in the south,
Moon high in the southeast ….
Man and woman,
Towards Saturn and
Then moon, and then back …
Quiet, the birds’ last song,
Time for the bats ….

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By Gene Novogrodsky
Who stamped “deceased?”
It had to be the clerk in the
Overheated (kerosene) post office,
Seeing the name, stamping “deceased,”
Then, the letter back ….
And with it the dictionary eater,
Coal shoveler ( freighter Tampa to Maine),
Spinning mill,
Story rich,
Cut some firewood,
Plant some potatoes,
Pick some strawberries,
Keep a fire well into summer ….
Deceased ….

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