Sport 34: Winter 2006
Midnight special
Midnight special
Flood's blue work shirt
a bright flag in the garden,
head bent as he pulls tender
weeds between fingers and thumb,
quiet fracture of roots
from earth.
Pieces of song float over
the backyard, settle on the dirt
like rain, or food
let the midnight special
shine a light on me
let the midnight special
shine its ever lovin' light
on me
over and over
until it's dream song,
a tide cutting
the world at its edges.