Tuesday, January 2, 2024

The Difference


the difference between a cliff and a bluff

is carefully explained to me

over the rhythm of twigs 

snapping underfoot — something do with steepness


moss clings to the bark, nearly neon

eyes focus and tune to

the far away layers of ferns and trunks

open slowly, like a pop up book


retrievers and collies run rings around 

the children invincible in their galoshes 

layered up locals scan the coast

piously in silence 











 

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