Holy
Ever
After,
Victorious
Eternal
Ninth Cloud
Herbert Joseph Budig
1931 – 2015
Friday, September 25, 2015
Mindful Poetry: Heaven
Holy
Ever
After,
Victorious
Eternal
Ninth Cloud
Herbert Joseph Budig
1931 – 2015
Sunday, September 6, 2015
Picking Tomatoes
These are the cherry tomatoes my father picked
on the morning he died
He woke at 7:15, missing the sunrise by half an hour
on the morning he died
He pulled on his summer robe and brown leather slippers
on the morning he died
And made his way upstairs to the kitchen
Dug around in the container-drawer
For a plastic dish then stepped outside
His back yard faces southwest, there was dew on the grass
Sunlight slanted between the houses
And cut across the pepper plants and rose bushes
On the morning he died
He didn’t hesitate as he drew his feet through the lawn
On the morning he died
His fingers found the bright red balls surrounded by green leaves
On the morning he died
He filled up his cup with cherry tomatoes,
Which I am now eating one by one
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