Chased by a spring breeze
a playful purple blossom
scurries like a mouse
REA 2/13/25

REVOLOTEANDO
MARIPOSAS POR DOQUIER
MITAD OCTUBRE.
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Fluttering wings.
Butterflies everywhere!
It's mid-October.
La mañana gris
viento fresco del norte
café en mano.
Música lenta
mi lectura tranquila
café sabroso.
Más gente muere
países consternados
el mundo llora.
simples deseos
desasosiego
sueño despierto
deseo oculto
cuerpos desesperados
dos separados
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A cloudy morning
sharpened by a chill north wind
My coffee warms me.
Slow music keeps time
with the pages that I turn
Delicious coffee!
I read of more deaths,
many countries in chaos
The world is crying.
Despite the unrest
I daydream about good times
Just simple wishes.
Dark hidden desire
of two bodies, desperate,
separated
shuffling through old slides
people and moments long gone
such strange, mixed feelings
Beside the highway
a simple, silent shrine
the flowers still fresh
en carretera
unas sencillas cruces
sus flores frescas.
even the gnarled oak
has decided that it's spring--
sports a fringe of green
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El viejo roble
siente la primavera
Ya reverdecer
spring equinox last night
poppies burst open today
how did they know?
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Equinoccio hoy.
Salen las amapolas.
¿Cómo lo saben?
gnarled branches raised skyward
praying for spring rain
viejos viñedos
ramas claman al cielo
suplican lluvia
con gran asombro
el año se acaba
bye dos mil veinte
ingenuas bromas
surgen aquí y allá
día de inocentes