It's Still Life

Responding to prompts from I. NaPoWriMo Day 25: An Occasion Poem, II. Poetic Asides AprilPAD: A Thought Poem and III. The Poeming Challenge “Cut To The Chase”

I.
The Sunrise Sunday Market

The sun rises and
preserves the sky.

Metal tables are set about.
Clinking. Clanking. Huddled noises
of barter and banter and trade.

Bread in loaves.
In boules.
In rolls.

Wheaten. Walnut. White and rye.

Good fortune’s leaning on the sky.
The baker has arrived.

II.
These Days

These days
there’s always
thought of death.

But not the dying,
and not the dead,

but the caged
pale emptiness
that’s left behind.

The lunge of hands
        that reach for another hand.

The brightness gone.
A path turned cold.

Death is hard for those left behind.
I’m not sure I’d survive it.

III.
The Poeming Found Poetry Challenge

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