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      August 20, 2019Paul F. CumminsTossing Hair

      She tosses back long black hair
      A conductor-like sweep of the hand
      Prefacing careful considerations with this
      Gesture unconsciously graceful as waves
      Of the tall Kansas grass
      Wafting in the summer winds;
      Stirring and rearranging the gravity
      In our conference rooms and seminars,
      Her gesture almost cloying in its cadences
      Yet changing the very currents of our thought.
      When her hair began to disappear,
      She adorned rainbows of scarves
      Then soon allowed us to see
      A new silver-gray crop of hair,
      A terrible new beauty born there
      And we could feel a shift
      In the weight of the air.

      from #25 - Summer 2006

      Paul F. Cummins

      “I write poetry to find out what I really feel about the experiences I am driven to write about. I love the occasional strange places the process leads me to, but usually I am just trying to cope with the dichotomy of the preciousness of life and the relentless passing of time.”