Lazy Bastard Magnolia Variations

Posted on Friday, May 10th, 2013 1:48 pm by

Lazy Bastard Magnolia Variations

Lazy
bastard, sitting
in the spring sun counting
magnolia petals falling one
by one.

—
Look at the lazy
bastard just sitting out there
in the sun counting
falling magnolia petals
and waiting for the lilacs.

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I'll mumble for ya. Poetry, plus most things quantifiable: science, neuroscience, memory, epistemology, baseball. And so on.
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1 Response to Lazy Bastard Magnolia Variations

  1. Pingback: Magnolia Palinode (and process notes) | Mumbling Jack

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