Cloudplay

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Cloudplay
      after Mary Oliver

This is, I suppose, 
one of the common miracles
cloudplay     a minuet meandering
across the sky
I lie in the grass to avoid
knots in my neck, luxuriate 
in the tales the clouds 
tell, if I attend
They invite me to abide 
   
Choosing a single cloud, 
I watch it disperse, light particles
vanishing over long minutes
Where do they go?