Tagged: weekend
the weekend often
the weekend often
come in and out of focus,
never syncing up
.
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ahead of the last
ahead of the last
weekend of summer, we make
more plans than we can
carry out, buy more groceries
than we can carry home
.
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a day to rest and
a day to rest and
unclog the sink, empty the
vacuum bin, clean out
the freezer, make pizza, let
the dough rest longer, yes, longer
.
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steps behind, we may
steps behind, we may
never catch up – to the
urgency of a city
messenger, a delivery
service meeting its
weekend quota, a
breadwinner with
mouths to feed – sitting
on the couch,
debating the use
of the word immigrant
versus expatriate
.
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on the second
on the second
weekend of the new
year, the christmas
spruce met
its maker, after
a short journey
on our garden
wagon to the
city park’s
mulchfest –
chipping saturday
.
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you couldn’t help it,
you couldn’t help it,
on purple sage saturday,
coming with a tray
of new plants from union square, as
if your plot were bigger than mine
.
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weekend granola –
weekend granola –
our pantry ingredients,
pull out all the stops
.
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the weekend before
the weekend before
memorial day weekend
during a global
pandemic, the watermelons
are out on the streets, spitting seeds
.
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the weekend arrives,
the weekend arrives,
unannounced, unplanned, and no
one turns him away
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: unannounced
several bites into
several bites into
sunday, we will
suddenly
wish to slow
down, savor
every sunday
second, in our
eyes, in our
ears, melting
too quickly
on our tongues
.
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** in the absence of The Daily Post from WordPress, here’s your daily prompt: savor
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