wild-strewn cobble
of stones on the beach
placed exactly
in the neatswept sand
by wave and wind
in perfect alignment with
every adjoining rock
by color, by space, by size
every planet, every star
every thought, every hope
all future, all past
an astrology of scatter
*Copyright 2010 by Luther Allen. This poem appears in The View from Lummi Island.
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photo by Mardi Michels
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