The Morning Porch

September 15, 2009 by Dave Bonta

I sit admiring the stillness and symmetry of a brown moth on the freshly painted white rafters—a moth that turns out to be, alas, a leaf.

2 thoughts on “”

Laura Sorrells

September 15, 2009 at 3:58 pm

I hate when that happens.
Evan

September 16, 2009 at 6:59 am

I was pulled in by the minimalist narrative arc.

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