looking up
I
color vision decreases
as distance increases
leaving us myopic
beneath
the distant
night sky
II
sixty beckons
on the horizon of September
& it’s painfully clear
what won’t be accomplished
before my course is run
III
frozen Berkshire fog
clings to branches
long after sun
has cleared air
Herb Kauderer is an associate professor of English at Hilbert College. He has published a huge amount of poetry and quite a few other things as well. More about his writing can be found at HerbKauderer.com.