And what is more generous than a window?
—Pat Schneider, from “The Patience of Ordinary Things”

(for Terri and Al Wolf)

You, dear friends,
share your windows with so many,
the views through the pines
to the cobalt canal beyond
so luscious you can scoop them
into waiting mouths eager
to savor such sweetness.

We thank you for your gracious
hearts, for bringing us to your
place of refuge, prompting long,
full breaths and equally slow
exhales as our bones and souls
unhinge.

You, generous as a window,
us, so fortunate to have
such friends in you.

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With thanks to Terri and Al Wolf for their hospitality and graciousness over the past 10 days as their guest at their lovely forest home in Port Ludlow, Washington.

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