How to fish the wind
You start by listening 40 years
so it can put you through enough
to see if you are worthy
of what it has to say.
Most people can’t listen that long
so they have to get the message
second hand from the trees.
Scott T. Starbuck
First published by Untitled Country Review, Issue 6, Fall/Winter 2011-2012. Scott T. Starbuck Starbuck’s clay art is at The Spirit of the Salmon Fund, and he maintains a web site and 31-minute interview at Poets & Writers Directory.
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