Saturday, December 5, 2020

Shadow of Doubt

 

Link the i to the n and get nothing.

Because I've left a path which knows you.

An indigenous form of blemish, a fatal lend.

Would a postcard in the shape of 2 kisses still get through?

Ice-storms in Spokane left not a tree standing.

Take off the good shoes, put on your boots.

Put your socks on. Take a shower. Comb your hair.

I'm writing to you from a far-off country.

I'm buying blueberries for breakfast, milk for tea.

A nuisance met a notion a begat a noun.

Will you be singing this evening to my green eyes?

Will the mist-mad birches tarnish and perish?

A good day to beat a heart out, to buy a hat.

A good day to fold blue blankets and forget.


- Karen Volkman