flat-bottomed clouds, piled high
ice-cream scoops in a blue dish
home-made chocolate sryup
wind chimes singing
what is fundamental? what
is superfluous?
mockingbirds, cactus wrens,
hummingbirds at the sugar water
a woman, forgotten, in an outdoor cage
heat waving up from the pavement
the thin & frightened girl, wild-eyed,
weighing in for chemotherapy
recliner chairs and IV stands
row after row
palm trees recently pruned
looking entirely artificial
a different mother, the consequence
of some spontaneous transformation
parchment skin, brittle bones,
charcoal bruises beneath the eyes
plaster rabbits, plastic geese,
rubber dinosaurs on a green gravel lawn
unfamiliar flowers, thick and brilliant
fleshy plants with thorny warnings
waiting rooms, benches, vinyl walls
petals on the surface of the pond
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I like this very much.
Posted by: Cindy | 04 June 2009 at 07:08 PM