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Keith T. Fancher
Mendonoma
alive and
looking up through a hollow of tinder
cupped loose in the palms like a bird’s nest
something fragile yet explosive
the other half of the spark
and breath
the trees are
the praying arms of underground giants
the soon-to-be-walking
dead
ten million needles each catching
a different light
the spark and thread
of smoke
we’ve every one of us
felt certain it’s never been done before
About the writer:
Keith T. Fancher was born in the California redwoods and raised in the Blue Ridge foothills. He holds a BS in computer science and an MA in film studies, which are no help at all when publishing poetry. He lives in San Francisco.
Image: California Hills with White Boat by Rinaldo Cuneo (1877-1939). oil on canvas. No size specified. 1930. Public domain.
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