Bardo

indications are for more of the same: crystal radios tuned to a dying frequency

blue moon no. 7b by Ned Mudd

Bardo

sitting in a station 
waiting 
on a drop of rain 
watching thoughts play bumper pool 
while city chickens rustle peanut shells. 

the bus is an hour late a tire 
or possible terrorist attack. somebody delayed 
the autumn migration and left us 
watching the skies. 

indications are for more of the same: crystal radios 
tuned 
to a dying frequency. 

the morning sun will find us in our cautionary state 
bewildered eyes wide open the words refusing 
to come. but they will come. 

they always come.

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Bardo first appeared in a poetry book of the same name, published in 2018. Contact Ned Mudd at nedmudd@me.com for copies.

Ned Mudd resides in Alabama where he engages in interspecies communication, rock collecting, and frequent cloud watching. He is the author of The Adventures of Dink and DVD (a space age comedy). Some of Ned’s best friends are raccoons.

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