ANNIVERSARY GREETINGS TO OLD FRIENDS
As young marrieds we shared a tent,
Pine-needle scented, beside Lake Erie.
After supper we took long walks.
Moonlight bleached the green out of the grass.
Between New England and the Mid West
Letters wove a cat’s cradle of news
Across the miles, harpoons trailing explosives.
We transmitted the years of our lives.
We have pedaled leaf-dappled bike paths
Into Van Gogh”s light-blasted landscapes,
Reddened our mouths with Antwerp raspberries
And spiraled on soprano notes around St. Paul’s.
Watching children and parents disappear
Beyond opposite bends of the river,
We raft the whitewater, exhilarated,
Savoring the swiftness, the infinite variety.
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