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LISTS

 

where to begin                      first things first                      create a list               

 

begin the calendar year       january the month                life curled by the fire

 

making lists                            new year’s resolutions          all to be broken in short order

 

with that out of the way       a new list of what is next     perhaps i will

 

 

 

mingle with the jays             in spring                                 pick the yellow daffodils

 

sit on the branch       and sing at the top of my lungs       the songs of spring

 

i let go                         and spiral to the ground                   join the saints in prayer

 

i wear woven sackcloth       of brown                                 rough to the touch

 

run in the fields of new green         an itch breaks out     cabin fever burning

 

 

 

check the lists                       settle accounts                      you are the daughter

 i never had                            dressed in lace              a red silk rope around your waist

 

you drag it behind                red line in the landscape     dolls on a shelf

 

lives woven from thin air      the year continues                new lists created

 

April 30, 2019