A sheer ocean of sky

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V i r t u e   I s   A   P a t i e n c e

Detail :: Basilica of St. Lawrence

Asheville, North Carolina

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This morning’s raucous quiet: din of a lawnmower
Pulse-like swell of cicadas chattering in the brush
Trucks grumbling along a nearby highway.

Under a sea of high thin clouds, a sheer ocean of sky
The dead are islands: an archipelago
Of mute echoes, of resonant silence 

Their voices still within this gorgeous commotion --
Crow call, water burbling, wind rough in trees --
In a weed’s play, against skin, in the heart’s vibrations.

Under the racket of this day’s distractions
Under the birds’ clamorous singing
Under lapping waves of noise

Their stopped tongues their stilled voices speaking.

> Edward Falco <

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Happy Thursday