Solstice

Perigee moon flames abovechimney pots & seagull’s nesthangs immobile in hazy skylight lingers long tonightmid – summer solstice.Somewhere out therethe druids dance & chanttheir earthly invocations.This moon brings endings:conclusion tumbles likethe grains of sand thatgrind my sea soaked bootswhole & perfect endingsthough they aren'twhat you suppose.Bones shatter & the moonlightfloods the a.m. street,it’s the time of fuddled dreamsas all we thought we ought to ownfalls away in early morning flickers.Now rain has flushed the light awayold magic disappears in muddy puddle& you & I wait out the yearsuntil next time the angel’s call.