Jim Leftwich -- Forking Looms

Forking Looms 

What were you doing 

When Joe Biden 

Dropped out of the race?

Wheat and wind dripping,

Wear the going with 

Doubt and grace. I was 

Sitting in a chair in the 

Blue Ridge Mountains

Above Goose Creek 

Valley reading and 

Rereading Poems for

The Millennium Volume 

One. Split boots above 

Volleys treading air,

The bridges are loose 

And roaming, the 

Fountains speak 

In forking looms.

July 21, 2024

Virginia