The Middlewesterner

Enough Crows

Enough crows
to choke the sky.

Not enough
to speak of God.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 7:41 AM

Yes, he says,
death

is the
unanswered

gesture.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 8:28 AM

The long shadows
of morning,

the day ahead
farther than

their reach, wind
coming in

like sorrow.
Nothing's promised.

Take what's left.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 1:59 PM

He thinks
he knows

where he
is, when

suddenly
he doesn't.

The world
has turned.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 8:13 AM

Green air
beneath
empty sky.

August's
promise
is not kept.

Shadows
leap at
silence.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 8:45 AM

I see
once again

the cottonwoods
have not learned

to listen.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 9:02 AM

Do not say
love

when you mean
hot nights

in July.

# posted by Tom Montag @ 8:41 AM