EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Those who have waked to the loon’s querulous cries
And listened to the wind in the white pines sigh,
Watched the gray fox walk his casual way
And moose shake the water weeds out of the lake,
Startled wild turkeys into sheltering trees,
Waited for the bear and her cubs to leave,
Lain in the field to applaud the borealis,
Savored the syrup of Northeast sugar maples,
Chatted with the chittering young porcupines,
Admired beaver families’ dam designs,
These happy few have enjoyed our earth’s delights:
They will exit smiling into the infinite night.
(July 2014)
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