Time enough

Time enough
By Alan MacDougall

Halfway across Iowa,

Omaha before sunset.
Whining and complaining

the traffic spins off

long arcs

to disappear.
You are tempted to start thumbing again.

Sky --agate white,

heavy

snow soon.

Resist the pressure.
Go, wander in the tall grass

sandy and

curled at the top like wood shavings.
The hills are soft with it.
The breeze is cold and insistent.
It comes from far off.

Sit down.
Play your harmonica awhile.
Pick a tune out

of the grasses'

moaning.
Let it snow.
Time for that, too.
Time for all.

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