Rocking chair beating heart      in mahogany bordered photo      date: 1943, back porch Rocking slowly      97 farenheit      no July windswelling      only swelling belly Rocking slowly      sweat drenched      cotton flower dress      pulled up and legs      pushed out,      sandals dangling Rocking slowly      squinting sunny eyes      searching for fighter      aeroplanes over      Germany       tailgunners       diving, dying, flying       home (soon) Rocking slowly       waiting for       blue baby eyes       to come       home (soon)

I always wanted to capture the feeling of
sitting on a hot, windless Louisiana porch. This
was just one attempt. I'll never be a "Southern writer."

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