by heart
rigor
gets off
some
more than
others
like
clouds
over town
finally
working
on rain
and a
night
too easily
wet
so
how best
to handle
the day’s
cagey
rhythms
given all
of the
songs
i know
by heart
wet grasses
with actual
thanks
to the game
of baseball
and a nod
in time
to most
of california
nothing cooler
than maine’s
wet grasses
rooting
the vagaries
propelling
my days
there’s still
“Wendell Simonson is the Vice President of Marketing at Eco-Products in
Boulder and has been writing poetry for most of his life.”
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