Tuesday, May 7, 2013

In the Old Barn

I remember sleeping in the barn as a kid.  I remember it to be an adventure.  Now the old farm is gone, but memories linger on:


                                                                 Last night I slept in the barn
                                                                 once more.  The sounds were
                                                                 different, in that no  horses shifted.
                                                                 their feet, nor did cows chew on
                                                                 grain or hay.  There were, however,
                                                                 the scampering of little mice feet
                                                                 as they searched for some morsels of
                                                                 food.  The wind crawled in the
                                                                 spaces left by aging clapboards.
                                                                  I wrapped my old blanket a bit
                                                                 tighter around me waiting for the
                                                                 moon to reach the west window.
                                                                 Years of memories swirled around
                                                                 like snowflakes in a blizzard.
                                                                 These had been piled in the back
                                                                 by my mind;s snowplow, pushed aside
                                                                 by the passing years.  Did I
                                                                 want to shovel out, or merely rest
                                                                 from  the day \that  had sent me
                                                                 to find solice there?

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