five white stacking chairs asymmetrical
around one side of the bonfire pit
evidence for archaeologist or detective
of an evening after the children were in bed
a week or so ago when they were all still here
perhaps they were on that side of the fire pit
because the breeze blew smoke or heat
that arranged them so
perched in that chair he played the guitar
in the one slightly angled toward his
she sang harmony
and then they grew silent
as good friends can
and listened to the night
we may stack the chairs and put them away
but this arrangement hangs in my memory
a portrait of the enchantment of crickets and lapping water
