3.28.2009

Voice Grace

If the noises of feet
rustling in grass
were amplified

and cricket's tones
were slowed,
it would sound

as children singing
amazing grace around
a campfire ring sound

when moonfilled mists
surround still thicker
smoke trickling

from a smoldering
coalbed that cradles
nimble flames unsure

of whether they’ll waver
much longer, but dancing,
at least, until the voices

finish lingering in mist
and echo back
off the hillsides,

the moon,
or some other source
of light behind

the obscured sky,
returning to tuck
them into the ashes.


By Mr. Keefe Keeley

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