Coffee beans and wet ink
Eucalyptus and lavender
Oyster shells and chestnuts
Pine needles and ivory
Ripe cherries picked from the tree
Blueberry stained fingers
after you plunder a wild bush
Sunscreen, mountain air
Lake water skin
Wood smoke cologne
Five days gone since a shave
Dirt under your nails on your shins in your hair
You are alive, triumphant
an extension of the mountain’s peak
reaching toward a wide blue sky
-rjm
loose threads
a smattering of things
about
Jo McCrory is a writer and artist living in northern California.
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I wish I could take
back every single word I
ever said to you
