ON SKIPPING STONES

STONE LAYER DIARIES
TURN TRUTH PAGE
AGES
LIFE ON LIFE
WASHED UP
AMONG THE COLORED BITS
OF BROKEN GLASS
AND WHITE BIRD TRACKS

GRANDFATHERS WHO WALK THERE
SOON WRITE DOWN THEIR STORIES
ON FLAT STONES
AND SKIP THEM
TOWARD THE OTHER SHORE

(FOR PEGGY,FEB/13/1986)
REH)