We have our own

palaces here in

Buckingham, Pennsylvania.

get off the main stretches of River Road

and find yourself

an abandoned slab

of stone

a portion of a pavement

from a Hessian soldier’s hideaway.

With my hardback book, cheddar cheese,

Bucks County wine

i bask

in my makeshift haven.

i want to throw my smartphone into the River and

become

the Sunflower

in my little girl’s crayola

drawing-

Droopy hair

dress yellowed with age

a thick stalk of a sturdy blossom

Timepiece

Timed peace