July 10*

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