Can It Say Something Poem by Barry Middleton

images fly like paper birds
like bubbles lifted
in a whirl of martini mixing
but poetry is more
can it say something

the morning newspaper
is a prelude to despair
best used as fire starter
burn the city down
a sacrifice to the sun god

can it say something
of regret on a foggy morning
because the fog
is a soft focus from a movie
I cannot remember

a bird lit by the window
not a paper bird
not a paper windowsill
paper hands read the news
the bird flew away