The House on Hanover Hill

PHOTOGRAPHER'S JOURNAL: 

Waiting

Inside the puddle's stain

where the setting sun rises, 

a boy climbs the branches of the tree, 

and a bird can be heard 

as it skips from limb to limb

at a shallow edge

inside the puddle's stain

where the winds are zephyrs, 

a mother takes laundry from the line 

thinks forgotten thoughts

of the parcel on the postman's wagon

where the water is deep

inside the puddle's stain

where a light behind the window glows

the woman sits still illumined

beside her folded linens

as the boy leaps and lands

in the middle of the dark stain

Inside the puddles splash

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