Migration

At the club you wear
a bold orange shirt
and purple pants.  I stay in

and pop corn. Hot kernels
dance in the pot.  The moon
wears a bright red headband.

It too disappears
as we will,
October hummingbirds.

 

 

Kenneth Pobo has a new book out from Duck Lake Books called Dindi Expecting Snow.  His work has appeared in: Brittle Star, Orbis, Hawaii Review, Amsterdam Review, and elsewhere.  He can often be found in his garden fending off ticks and encouraging the dahlias to bloom.