Saturday, June 12, 2010

delinquency=two poems

ella

today, she took
everything that I've worked for
and made it smaller--
she looked at me
from her very minimal height,
and with grave eyes, asked:

"do they still let you
color
in college?"


daisies

from the lemon drop of a center,
the petals reach out
as if to embrace one another--

dew clings to some

within each one is an entire world--
channels and filtration systems and
reproductive organs
(though I would argue that ours are
more fun)

it is this pot of individual,
intermingling little worlds
that greets my waking eyes
every morning.

it prepares me
for my own.

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