Ponies Poem

Scrub the Kerr jar of

 canned tomato, basil  

sunshine sauce from 

heirloom varieties— 

Cherokee Chocolate

Anna Russian, 

Emerald Giant

Kelloggs Breakfast

And Mortgage Lifter

the seedling M C Boyle

created, paid his house

off in full with the spell. 

Save the water of

fire hydrant carried

by Phil yes fill er up

with clean city— 

drips not the ecoli

from opal mining

 and old timers who

buried trash cars, 

whole rusted roofs, 

creosote railroad ties,

and shit contaminates,

into the meadow well.

Sing to the horses

imported from Iceland

rare breed of steppe pony

dance the O circus— 

oh no, too cruel to write

feed  pets  non- GMO  

organic yeast not like bread

fresh cut alfalfa still green

omega 3 for inflammation

chia and sunflower seeds,

 blush rose hips, red clover,

and dandelion leaves.

 In the barn they dwell.

See the Kerr jar 

washed by waterfall 

turn  kaleidoscope

for it's treasure— 

boiled water for tea

held gooseberry jam,

expressed milk for babies,

 and a tadpole or turtle.

Bleached by the moon,

protected copper fireflies

blows a crack in my hand.

Blood swirls a carmel spell.

Ponies Poem

Happy Thanksgiving

Icelandic ponies

Caroline Gerardo Copyright November 23, 2017 all rights reserved
images from Iceland trip