The kitten
goes limp
as the best form
...
THE YELLOW ROOM
(for Bryan)
I want to go
...
Bright yellow flower
dazed...standing in a vase
tries to remember
...
The weather reports
there will be
humans
...
'The soul bone's
connected to the heart bone! '
'The heart bone's
...
I wear my father’s face.
I have inherited his gaze
his gentle way of seeing.
...
'The snow is dying! '
she cries for the melting snow.
'Don't go...please...don't go! '
But the sun hunts the snow down
...
You step forth
from your bath
as if you were
...
I waited with
the bubbles
to cross the street.
...
'No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;
Am an attendant lord, one that will do
To swell a progress, start a scene or two
Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool.'
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