Guten morgen

 for Oberursel, Germany 2023

Outside the opened window

scalloped green oak leaves

shimmy in the breeze

with a greeting of “Guten Morgen!”

 

The sun’s affectionate “Hallo”

streams boldly through

reaching for the duvet where I lie

lingering on the edge of hypnopompic hallucinations

 

The mellow coo, woo, woo, woo

of the mourning dove

from the weathered bough of the giant oak

gently coaxes, “Wake up! Wach auf!”

 

Tap-rat-a-tat-tat, Tap-rat-a-tat-tat,

a steel horseshoe is fitted to a horse’s hoof

from a neighboring stable

offering a morning bouquet of hay and horse manure

 

A butterfly with transparent white wings

hesitates at the window

before surrendering to the breeze

that carries it away on a whim

 

Good morning, Oberursel!


2023 Lauri Cruver Cherian

 

Lauri Cherian

Lauri Cruver Cherian is a poet and an author from the Pacific Northwest.

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