Monday, December 7, 2009

Winter Solstice

sits on the moon at a tilt,
like the tarnished spoon

left behind a woodpile
after it was used to dig a hole

to hide your mother’s brooch,
that lies quieter now

than when it was stuck
to her breast, the skin

beneath her blouse, loose
and raw from sighing,

the purple of her veins
unable to make ends meet