" Light of the Moon "

" Light of the Moon "

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

Light of the moon
filtering through
waxy green
holly-like leaves

shiny extra degrees
of August heat
dry windy
nighttime
imaginings
buffeted wildly

sparks flying
bonfire arson
dislodged
untended gardens

dropping
barometers
towering spars
failed rockets
in treetops

cracks
of thunder
thumping
rumbling
burning up

unencumbered
clear cutting
grubbing hoe
and shovel

rising sun
matted duff
sawn stumps
bomber runs

piling up
mercy and luck
twig and limb
detritus
high country...