Best Before Poem by Miroslava Odalovic

The date of inspiry is best at high noon
at 12 o'clock sharp when the Sun is at its peak
and the season is warm bathed in something Sunday-like
which is when where we'll meet-at some ok spot
t perform the final duel between
beautiful subjects and ugly objects
the line the divide will be drawn in the sand
the sun will dry out its circle around us
I-ll face you like the world
soaked in post-colonial literature
and guess what no one will be shot
'cause there at high noon at 12 o'clock sharp
the sunbeam will pierce us both
reclaiming its stolen beam
find out again and again
staying alive in truth and beauty of a sunset and its rise
our own fall reflected in no shadow eyes
perhaps, I mean, only perhaps
we should never consume anything by then
we should try our best before that time