Steve Klepetar

In Gratitude

“thank you for showing me the morning stars
and for the dogs who are guiding me”

-W.S. Merwin

Thank you for these tired eyes,
and for the joy of sleep
on a sweet bed, shared

for oranges and grapes,
for all the sharp flavors of spices and wine

for the air of Spain,
for the lovely blue light above Toledo
on a late March afternoon

and for the voices all around me,
whose blessings have been more than enough.

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Steve Klepetar wishes that he could see Proteus rising from the sea and hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.

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