Apology

I meant to do my work today—
instead, ran following his bouncing flight,
one to another,
until, at the last, he left me,
watching,
as she tipped, ever carefully,
forward, forward, forward--
under the afternoon sun.

The work left waiting--
a petty pursuit,
measured against the truths revealed.

12-Spotted Skimmer, Libellula puchella, male

Eastern Pondhawk, Erythemis simplicicollis, male

Eastern Pondhawk, Erythemis simplicicollis, female

Ruby Meadowhawk, Sympetrum rubicundulum, male

Common Whitetail, Libellula lydia, male

Widow Skimmer, Libellula luctuosa, female

If there be gold dust and dragon’s wings,

what, then, of a dream?

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