Six Notebooks

Sitting in a chair, drinking coffee, laptop open
Looking out the window at the wall of trees
Across the street, past the parking lot
The trees climbing up the hill, a wall of green, late summer
Minnesota August which is summer and fall
In one day, from too cool in shorts to too hot in a swimming suit
Quickly, quickly the days collapse into later sunrise, earlier dusk
Quietly sitting with coffee looking out the window with
The track lighting reflecting back, turn the light
Back on the self, Dogen said, turn the light inward
Quickly, quickly, the summer is fleeting
As is the self

PWS 2023.08.17