July
cracked muddy edges
in blazing sun-strangled drought
gooey barrier
moonlight with streetlight
and house lamps dance and shimmer
reach for stars below
sunset water burns
shifting rainbows and oil slicks
a day floats away
pickerelweed grows
pointed leaves where current sleeps
summer’s ruffled edge
A couple blocks from my home, the Farmington River is the largest tributary of the Connecticut. From Tinker's Damn, Homebound Publications, 2013,http://homeboundpublications.com/store/books/tinkers-damn/
