Spoons in the Snow

Book Cover of "Only Bread, Only Light" by Steve Kuusisto

In the valley of dreams you find wandering men who bury spoons in the snow.

If you’re a Freudian you think of spoons as the instruments of motherhood.

If you’re a Jungian, spoons are solidified long tears of the gods.

But really, why should dream men bury spoons when all portable instruments

are useful to travelers?

 

In dreams you must walk light as you can.

In dreams food arrives in rare forms.

Last night I saw my father (long dead)—he was playing a grand piano

beside a window.

Snow fell outside and he leaned into the notes

though in life he hadn’t been a musician.

I knew he was feasting.

 

 

 

 

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Author: stevekuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University

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