January 26th, 2012
Megan Moriarty
LOOKING AT US LIVING
Through the binoculars, we saw us
moving through the foliage.
The world was on rewind:
a herd of horses ran
backwards across a field.
Yellow leaves kept climbing back
to their branches.
“What’s the opposite of fall?” I said,
and he said “Spring.”
Then it was August, then July,
then June. The sun kept
leaving and coming back
like a boomerang that no one
ever had to throw.
Snow appeared
on the ground, then it started
unsnowing, the flakes
travelling upwards.
I knew that soon
we wouldn’t know each other
so I asked him
what the opposite
of stay is.
He stood there,
his hands on his hips, thinking.
–from Rattle #35, Summer 2011
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gorgeous
….such a nice piece – I had to Tweet it.
I can’t find the words to say how much I felt this,how much it moves me. Thank you.
beautifully written. you always had a knack for that.
The image and idea will “Rattle” about in my head and heart for a long time. Movies do this flashback a lot, but this extended, followable poem is so fresh. Thank you.