Interstate Ave Affirmation Octet

(5/11/17)

                for Sandy

                    

all day you speak inside me: this gentle rain

whispering kisses to the leaves & birch trees

nodding yes—catkins scattered on the sidewalk,

they’ve given it all up to the elements—

these dogwoods nodding yes & yes again, pink

hands open to what the sky has to offer—

train pulling out of Prescott Station chiming

nothing so clear as your clear voice speaking yes

Jack Hayes

© 2017