Tagged: face

we put on the face

we put on the face
of a hunter for half to
take notice and half

to ignore – success comes from
a high-wire balancing act
.
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like humans, squirrels

on the rocky face

on the rocky face
of obstruction, we become
invisible and

are asked to nevertheless grow –
we are beyond surface wounds
.
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at the golden hour,

at the golden hour,
you prance across the cornfields
and look back at us,

admiring the way the light
hits our faces while watching you
.
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snow builds power in

snow builds power in
every crevice, on every
surface, we can sit

back and watch the contortions and
wonder how it does it so cold
.
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perhaps there is a

perhaps there is a
fortune to be told in rolling
out dough – we compare

the faces of our work, air
pockets and bubbles and all
.
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on the face of it,

on the face of it,
we are freckled and dimpled,
aging towards a

perfect imperfection – dig
deeper, and we fall apart
.
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the future of work

my mom and i wait

my mom and i wait
all year round to take a peek
into the face of

our peonies, offering
layers and layers of intrigue
.
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back then, when we were

back then, when we were
lost, we looked into each other’s
faces for a sign,

an attempt at direction,
using smiles as our compass
.
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