Bill Galvin Poems

My feathered summer neighbors,
Who built a nest on my balcony,
Have long since moved on.
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See ten thousand years
Leave immense granite boulders
In stony silence;
Where glaciers retreated here,
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Now a second missed…
Anniversaries no more…
Memories my heart.
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I stole a kiss one time,
Maybe, it was two.
It was all about me,
And less about you.
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The Chesapeake skies cleared that night.

The days leading up were full of clouds,
With no promise of seeing the eclipse;
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I’ve been driving north from rainy Massachusetts,
Into New Hampshire, along its border with Maine.
I outpace the showers, then, they find me again;
But, not before I gaze upon near-peak coloration
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When the Scales, at last,
Swing into perfect balance,
Winds of Change are hushed.
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I've reached the point where downsizing is best for me,
And so I'm down from nine, to four good-sized rooms;
Enough space for one, plus an occasional guest or two.
I appreciate art and fine prints, so I have these wall hangings,
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Sometimes there develops a hole in the fabric…
Of our time, of the fabric of our life,
Of the tapestry of our journey.
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