Jim Leftwich -- June Bugs

June Bugs

Love's boat floated 

like a glove 

Loaded with glue

And oaken flutes

Blue kinetic estuaries 

and blunt epic 

arias pictures of 

arid rivers liver 

failure the riven 

azure love's boat 

As above embossed 

So below attuned 

To loss an 

oven for the 

cows in dreams 

we eat salads 

on the moon 

And chase the 

bugs of June

July 22, 2024

Virginia