Bleak for the Farsighted by Mark Danowsky

The Lace Factory by R.A.D. Miller, 1935.

Bleak for the Farsighted
 
Our eyes are drawn
to the factory, then its shaken
reflection on the purpled water
 
All this before the leaves make
their annual pilgrimage under
-cover Pennsylvania mountainscapes
 
It is only later the grass is revealed
greener in the foreground
where the winter trees close in
 
Mark Danowsky
 
Mark Danowsky’s poetry has appeared in Burningword, Cordite, Grey Sparrow, The Lake, Mobius, Shot Glass Journal, Third Wednesday and elsewhere. Mark is originally from the Philadelphia area, but currently resides in North-Central West Virginia. He works for a private detective agency and is Managing Editor for the Schuylkill Valley Journal.