trout

Freefall

in the big sliding window of my room
it is approaching dusk
against a dusty sky

lapis lazuli stuffing
eggshell powder clouds
the parachutes dropping

I cannot see the fallers
they might be plastic
I just see the strings

tugging furiously making
for the Western Springs stadium
or is it the lake I visit

to be calmed by nature
tame swans gentle geese
children laying up adventures