Jennifer Fendya
“Broderick Park, Niagara”
Inspiration piece
Ushering the Moon Into the Lake
By Leslie Grollman
Response
A yellow comfy chair
from the Saturday Flea
perfect for teatime and tossing
seeds to the birds:…….gull…….duck…….sparrow
perfect for sneaking a smoke
and staring through sky—
Sometimes flashes of childhood
never wished for on a candle
Sometimes reels of running
under sprinklers, the giggles and shouts
to drown out the dinnertime silences
Sometimes nothing until the nothing
gets lonely
…………………………..gets hungry
like the birds:…….heron…….egret…….swallow
knew if they performed for the summertime
regulars, there would be treats
Before the Wave comes
our summers— the kids the fathers the mothers
their fathers their mothers going back
so far we couldn’t keep track
of the seed we all brought
to the Lake
for the birds:…….pelican…….eagle…….goose
and the water
And the water
It is coming
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