Vachon to Seattle Grey by Pamela Swanson

vashon to seattle grey

stone and tarmac muttering –

a shopping day of here to there

garlic oranges apples peas –

a windless rain of back forth  -

ferry hopping groceries –

the streets are washed to half a pace

carrots lettuce yogurt tea

from paper shops to cutting boards –

the giant man still hammering

a steady background silhouette

for lemon juice and anise seeds

the banks are closed against the fog

on this monday eastering

through memories of here and not –

avocados broccoli –

my mother born a sigh away

inside the Swedish hospital

more than eighty years before

bananas ice cream cinnamon –

i feel an echo of her now

in videos that cross my eyes

reweaving ancient yesterdays

vanilla coffee envelopes –

and as i pause a waiting breath

between the stops of here and there

i almost see her smiling

seattle rains and postage stamps.

(c)2011 Pamela Swanson

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