East of Paducah

We will pay attention this year, No cornfield. Still, we will pay attention.

Where was I

At the last eclipse?

Age 24

Living across

From a cornfield

While Annie Dillard

Wrote

Teaching a Stone

To Talk.

I don’t think

I noticed

Anything unusual.

An eclipse?

They happen,

Part of the natural order

Of things.

This year

We will have a motel room

East of Paducah.

We will pay attention

Yes.

Some things,

Even natural things

Require attention

Even if

We don’t live across

From a cornfield.

Even if

I don’t write

Like Annie Dillard.