rainbow
today
tying a heart-shaped
stone to a tree
a stone wrapped in threads
pink red and gold
securely blobbed with yellow beeswax
suspended on string, plain brown
nine parrots
swooped squawking overhead
green feathered fragments in the bluest of skies
tying a heart-shaped
stone to a tree
i remember a grey college sweatshirt
and that dusty hat
you wore in Vietnam
mutabilia 