Laura Foley
Dodes’ka-den, Dodes’ka-den
Watching Kurosawa’s Dodes’ka-den at the theater,
in the early days dating my film professor,
his tweed beret cocked, his arm in the dark
pressing into mine, mine pressing back. Strolling
through Washington Square Park after rain,
vivid park lights shine in the black night
like constellations. Like train tracks clacking,
I feel my life tugging dodes’ka-den, dodes’ka-den,
an inexorable rumble pulling me into my future,
or is it the sound of our unborn children, calling?
Laura Foley is the author, most recently, of Sledding the Valley of the Shadow (Fernwood Press) and, coming in February, Ice Cream for Lunch: A Grandparents Handbook (The Poetry Box). She lives with her wife and their two romping canines on the steep banks of the Connecticut River, in New Hampshire.