Saturday, April 3, 2010

the swallows painted

the swallows
painted arcs
across my days
and sewed hellos
to goodbyes
like punctuation;
swiftly, leaves
turned brown,
their nest emptied
into the wind,

leaving hollow
where smiles
used to be

--

this is an entry in a contest in allpoetry dot com - quickly written and then pummeled by Igor.

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