Window

Portrait of Czeslaw Milosz
Czeslaw Milosz 1911–2004

I looked out the window at dawn and saw a young apple tree translucent in brightness.

And when I looked out at dawn once again, an apple tree laden with fruit stood there.

Many years had probably gone by but I remember nothing of what happened in my sleep.

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