Door County Writes: ‘One of Those Days’
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Poetry by Don Fraker
How long before we forget
This day’s moments
Un-momentous moments
Like most
But ones
For their lack of lasting memorability
No less precious
Components of life
Life being lived on a quiet day
A day
Like most
Watching a chipmunk assiduously vacuuming up
All the seeds we scattered on the deck
For its nourishment and our entertainment
Getting caught in a sudden squall
During our swim
And witnessing the pool water caper excitedly
At the unexpected visit from its heavenly brethren
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
Using the hair dryer’s
Most strident setting
To dry the fancy sandals
That got soaked in the downpour
Dining out
Outdoors
On a temperate summer afternoon
Under sunshine gentled down
By the laggard remnants of the departing shower clouds
Running into a long unseen friend
Whose septuagenarian heart
Is still expanding to take on
A new venture
Enlivening for herself and her community
Finding fossils on the beach
Silurian corals
Stone reincarnated records
Of bustling eons
In endless oceans
A little reading
A bit of writing (this)
Some laundry
Some washing up
The latest iterations of the usual
But never old
Kisses
And hand-holding
All the gentle pleasures
And simple duties
Not fit for headlines or memorials
No life-wrenching news received
No turning points passed
No gargantuan ups or downs
Just un-momentous moments passing
Warm and happy moments passing
Sustaining moments
On one of the daily-bread days
Of life
Milwaukeean Don Fraker has visited Door County for many years to take classes at The Clearing from Norb Blei and others. He and his wife bought a condo near Ellison Bay three years ago and have been finding a way to visit monthly ever since.