Pete Spence
Pete Spence was born in 1946. He is a poet, visual poet, and filmmaker, and has worked in various jobs to cover the ongoing deficit. He is currently retired from work but not from any of the above.
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Seasonable adjustments
some noise from the town clock
and Spring is over having littered
the streets for months with quick
flourishes folding the air until
the toneless chimes stemmed the flow
no one was surprised even the pennants
waffled in the breeze and no muffled roar
from the stadium you could hear
a pin drop in a haystack you could
watch the clouds leap over each other
for that matter though don't count on it
the playing field is covered with flamingos
a crow is picking its way through
the town crier only speaks sign language
and the crows eye encircles the hour
Pete Spence was born in 1946. He is a poet, visual poet, and filmmaker, and has worked in various jobs to cover the ongoing deficit. He is currently retired from work but not from any of the above.