Buffalo
Kenny Becker
i found the sky unblinking
and floated down the sidewalk
the hedges had me thinking
of sharing grassy knees
there with me
you're red and green
and turning back the time
there when
seven vine lines
it wouldn't mend my heart
wouldn't mend my heart
couldn't now
but back there, finding my head in the clouds
the beady eyes before us
sing a dawning chorus
and steeping in the paper
the sleepy chamomile
there in three's
i read the leaves
and laid rest to why
then where
pale and bright rind
i'm gonna raise the lark
gonna mend my heart
gonna try
in raised beds
finding their way to the sky
some frail stems coming above to say