Just Beyond Reason

Poems by Patrick Brancaccio

For Ruth

 
  I Scrape the Frost

I scrape the frost
and drive a friend to work.
I mail a notebook to my son.
The plants need water.
I paint railings
and saw some wood.
I cut til dusk,
watch the leaves fall
and the moon rise.
Tonight I unplug the toilet.
Tomorrow I'll visit John.
He's dying.