The Path Around the Sun

There are some things I'm just sure of.

We were pounding down glasses of tomato juice
and I tried to tell myself
there was no hope for anything past this moment.

When you were outside filling the
bird feeder
I watched you through the window
wiping it down to get a better view of your face
(Don�t say I never cleaned anything)

When I was young
my grandmother had this tiny toy bird
kept in a cage
that sang to my little ears every morning

She didn�t give it to me when she left
but when I first met you
I thought of how pretty it might look
resting on your palm

Author's Note

This poem is inexplicably dear to me, and I am still not totally sure why.

Reviews

[W.k.kortas]

...and much of the appeal of this piece is inexplicable, at least in technical terms; it is very visual, almost cinematic, and it has a combination of the narrative and the winsome/whimsical that is somewhat Brautigan-esque. It is oddly charming, and it is very nicely done.

[Babbette Francis]

It's been forever since I've read any of your work, I'm so sorry about that. You probably don't even remember me, sorry about that too.

I found this to be comical, cute... until the end and thats where my heart just melted. Very, very good. I loved it.

[John Destalo]

Funny, I was just thinking about a toy bird singing in a cage. I really like the idea the first paragraph conveys of someone who hopes despite trying to tell himself there is no hope. Beautiful impactful images.