Kendall Merriam: New Yorker’s Moon
For Drew and Ella
Started 8:55 PM
Your full moon, October
looks like a silver broach
shining through leaves and branches
clouds
Tiffanys finest work
could you see this
above Trump Tower
wherever you lived
in some park, meadow
was it safe enough
to take a walk in the dark
for a cinnamon bun
or did you have to
wait for early morning
when the movie bakery opened
for hot rolls
there is some very good news
in that regard
here in Rockland
The Willow Street Bakery
is open again
making real doughnuts
tasty and crunchy
7 AM to 12 PM
we got some molasses today
if we knew your favorite flavor
we would have purchased
a half-dozen for you
better than most in NYC
in return for all the gifts you have given
under a lovely moon
Kendall Merriam, Home, 10/2/2020 9:21 PM
Listening to silence.
Kendall Merriam was born and raised in Rockland. He has a history degree from Gordon College and pursued graduate studies in military and maritime history at the University of Maine at Orono and Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn. He received grants to study historical research at Colonial Williamsburg and the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
