Frost, breath, cloud
break - snow on the
mountain - purple
fingered knot
around a bag -
school boy ascending.
Stolid red brick
squatting - on a hill, on
a graveyard - beneath
the arch - that school
his old man hated -
his inheritance.
Mountain arch, river
bank - generations
grounded - growing
thoughts pressing
out - alchemical
confinement.
Awake - the sleepless
night - the river song -
departure - school days
packed in boxes -
night swimming
to the ocean.
