Vallecitos Morning

The long meadow grasses

and cattails

shimmer with dew -

rising from its hidden nest

a redwing blackbird

disappears into the mist

hovering over the pond.

I stop for a moment

and glance at my soggy boots

wondering, “Why can’t I stick

to the beaten path?”

- Tom Spencer

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