TADA!!
The filmy blue heaven
tosses dreams of
hairballs and high wire fences
high enough so
their menace transfigures
into tight curls of rose petals
or miracle fetaled
inside a stiff chrysalis
coated in sand -
Pick one
before breathing again -
LISTEN
There is always soft patter,
knocking about the April rain -
a pulse that syncopates
from cacophony to heart beat.
It bounces among
spring peepers and
the waxing wail of owls,
while rabbits freeze in place
screwed down like jar lids -
Pick one
without looking -
JUMP
The ground still sumptuous
in melt water
wants to hold the fallen
in its wormy cradle.
Up to our knees
the best thing to do
is pray like tendrils
beside a strong river
Nile
Mekong
Ganges
Yangtze
Danube
Orinoco
Zambezi
Missouri
Irrawaddy
Pick one
with only your ears-
FOLLOW
The filmy blue heaven
tosses dreams of
hairballs and high wire fences
high enough so
their menace transfigures
into tight curls of rose petals
or miracle fetaled
inside a stiff chrysalis
coated in sand -
Pick one
before breathing again -
LISTEN
There is always soft patter,
knocking about the April rain -
a pulse that syncopates
from cacophony to heart beat.
It bounces among
spring peepers and
the waxing wail of owls,
while rabbits freeze in place
screwed down like jar lids -
Pick one
without looking -
JUMP
The ground still sumptuous
in melt water
wants to hold the fallen
in its wormy cradle.
Up to our knees
the best thing to do
is pray like tendrils
beside a strong river
Nile
Mekong
Ganges
Yangtze
Danube
Orinoco
Zambezi
Missouri
Irrawaddy
Pick one
with only your ears-
FOLLOW
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