The Koan of Lost Keys

from Miracle Strip by Matt Layne

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Music:
Ned Mudd
Lemon
from the album Time Travel for Dummies

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The Koan of Lost Keys

I slowed behind the tramp
of runners as we climbed
the cobbled hill,
and there you were,
matching my pace.

You seemed older tonight,
hair like ocean surf, but your eyes
burned with the sunset skyline as you spoke
of love, heart rates, and hydration.
Sweet wonder! When you reached out
and hovered your hand above my heart,
how it labrador-leapt to meet you,
and when you placed my palm above your heart,
how shall I describe the indescribable?

To feel your heartbeat
was to hold a bird in flight.
It flowed like water through cupped fingers.
Your heartbeat was the man
who lost his car keys
only to become joy.

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from Miracle Strip, released August 31, 2022
Music:
Ned Mudd
Lemon
from the album Time Travel for Dummies

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Matt Layne Birmingham, Alabama

Poet, librarian, raconteur; Matt Layne has been poking hornet's nests and looking under rocks since he was knee-high to a peanut peg.
I reckon you oughta check him out.