Scott SimpsonSongs, Poems, Stories.

Scott Simpson · Poetry

pines

South of Town

Selected Poems 1989 to 2009 · source pages 201

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pines

at night

three old men frame

the corners of the

moon talking over

the scrub oak

and the ironwood breathing

clouds

they have agreed

to keep an eye

on me

and on my house

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