Careless Light Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

careless light

scattered random diamonds across

my subsidized windowpane

careless light

awakened the sparrows twittering

where the small tree had been

down below

and now there was a stump

and the ghost tree shook her silvery leaves

still there. in a fairy like dimension

and I dreamed castles

where no one inspected

my refrigerator.

or judged me squinting sidewise for having

too many books for your average, below average idiot plebian.

mary angela douglas 7 january 2023