A hollow hemlock

Dave BontaContemplative

A hollow hemlock: peering out is more fun than peering in.

I start looking for a kite string — the motionless vulture.

Thursday’s hurricane sings softly in my screen door.

The house he grew up in long vanished, he brings a lawn chair.

Learn by heart: tap a gap

peering out is fun
for a kite —
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