Scott SimpsonSongs, Poems, Stories.

Scott Simpson · Poetry

with sheryl, outside centennial wyoming

South of Town

Selected Poems 1989 to 2009 · source pages 180

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with sheryl, outside centennial wyoming

open range

long grass full moon

haloing clouds blue

shoulder of mountains

two rails catch the moon

wind through the grass

silver lines, disjoined

except in the moon's touch

we are small tonight

our words almost too quiet

to pass between us

but something in the luminescence

of your skin

your eyes

the seed swaying heavy

around us on its stem

makes sense

of what is still dark

we shine

where this moon

rides us

where we're worn smooth

with shared use

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