Taken 3 Print

A high-definition 11x17 print displaying the painting and poem for “Taken 3”

A Visitation

I returned for birdsong
and the glimmer of grass adorned
in evening light, for cool whispers carried
on ancient winds and the ethereal fragrance
of molasses, pine, or sliced cucumber.
Instead, I beheld that silent
dilapidated farm house sinking into a grave
yard, winter’s first icy fingers already
undressing everything.

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