Thursday, November 3, 2011

Cold Snap Valentine

Now the old gnome
sits alone smiling
among vanquished leaves
in his ceramic heaven
staring through me
so I hide behind
the dead asparagus fern
I think I drowned
with too much sun
to lift back up
this collapsed
world you have
to clean and refill
the birdbath on
a regular daily basis
you have to learn
to speak in several
plant dialects at once
you have to have loved
thousands of faces
none of them yours

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