Ponderings from the porch of a Virginia Wildlife Refuge

Upon driving out of New York City...a nature-seeking refugee...
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"There's a good moon tonight"
he says
you'll see it on the porch

And I sigh with the froganimalinsect
noise rhythms that gyrate so fully

No subway pattern here
or drunken partiers
just this and my thoughts

And the peaceful perfect...

I answer that I'm coming from New York
he says I'm sorry
New York City
I'm doubly sorry then.


There's a good moon tonight
and it fills my eye with hope
and I'll hold it ever close
anywhere and everywhere.