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The Third Moon Full in a Season of Four

from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman by Mad Dog Friedman

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The Third Moon Full in a Season of Four

The gathering storm eats
the true-blue moon,
a dry wafer, soft, hazy and red
against the tin horizon.

It slips like a shining quarter
into a jukebox of cloud,
lingers gleaming in the dark coin slot
while the sad song plays.

We walk, bundled,
stiff as scarecrows, into
the blustery November dusk.
We came to watch the moonrise,

but what seems striking
is how this diaphanous disk
of sanguine falls pale
and quiet as milkweed fluff

off the edge of the wind
and then is gone. There is
something wonderful in the way
it disappears top first

into ambiguous lips of gray,
like the way you pull me
into your love from whatever
sorry spin my mind puts me in.
We tread our rambling trail
calling owl and raven,
dizzy from the hordes
of squawking geese

hurtling above our heads.
We wonder if the glowing eyes
of coyote will follow us into the dark.
The leaves crisp from the sun

crackle under our feet.
We have become deeply familiar
with how the rippled lake
smooths itself into evening,

how the shadowed land stretches and
yawns as the sleep of winter nears.
We have been this way hundreds of times,
through blistering summer heat and sudden

spring rains. Nothing ever remains,
yet there is something amazing,
something intimate and enduring,
in how our footprints freeze in mud.

This inadvertent capture
of our meandering, frosted
in the last blood of sunset,
glistens as night closes in.

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from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman, released January 1, 2024

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Mad Dog Friedman | Mad Dog Blues | Peddlers of Joy Lafayette, Colorado

Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. His influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats & the delta blues. His songwriting is sincere, simple & often humorous. He has recorded many solo & collaborative projects featuring his spontaneous compositions on harmonica, Native American flute & Theremin. He is also the founder of Mad Dog Blues & The Astral Project. ... more

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