As the Crow Flies
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As the Crow Flies - Judith Shepard
Part One
AS THE CROW FLIES
As the crow flies
so too, my thoughts
where the sound of blue
and the touch of plum
nest.
Back to the best of the best
of
summer days that
lie with the scent of honeysuckle
and the grass on the old baseball diamond
held young bodies
listening
to the sound of river splashes
over
round white stones.
My life stretches out
unwinding like a shiny yellow ribbon.
Now I wind it about my hand
to see how far I went and where.
Part Two
THE BACKYARD
The backyard
was
a mysterious thing
full of petals.
Silky and velvet
they promised sweet nectar
to sip
delicately.
I could lay down
on green grass
smell it deeply
chew one slender stalk
while spying the solitary bleeding heart
mysterious and passionate
at the end of
the garden path.
The lilac bushes
higher than high
roses and phlox
surrounded me
and I was four
or seven.
There were bushes with
white berries to
pop
under your thumb.
Bushes with red berries
to split with your fingernails and
discover their hidden black seeds
nestled inside
sleeping.
An occasional blossomed eccentric
knowing it’s special
peered
between the commoners
with majestic indifference.
Once I saw
a hummingbird
blue like