Poem A Day
Is it possible to consolidate thoughts into meaningful forms?
Prepare the sway to drain off, as not to stagnate.
The constraint builds a chain link fence around a treasure.
Trench for a silt fence, around the squirrel holes and rabbit dens.
Use a narrow shovel as not to injure some infant mice.
Hit a rattle snake in error.
He scurries away, as men do with broken pride.
Then he surfaces at night, a foolish attempt
He scurries away, as men do with broken pride.
Then he surfaces at night, a foolish attempt
on the first warm night of spring.
Amelia, a barn owl who hunts from the roof of my house,
spots him moving in the moonlight.
A fight ensues, and she wins, taking the meat of his
Amelia, a barn owl who hunts from the roof of my house,
spots him moving in the moonlight.
A fight ensues, and she wins, taking the meat of his
body to the sky, leaves a piece to rot in the meadow.
A game of hide and seek;
for bow flys to discover and clean up the mess.
A game of hide and seek;
for bow flys to discover and clean up the mess.
The odor of death is the same for all of us.
We reside on this earth inside fences, caves,
and cabins safe only as long as chance allows.
We reside on this earth inside fences, caves,
and cabins safe only as long as chance allows.
I don't believe in a God who knows the moment Amelia will
die, or why your soul suffers worse than a guy in a Maserati.
Be careful when digging, and it is not a gas line may blow,
or to disturb a den of dormant terrorists, yes, we live
or to disturb a den of dormant terrorists, yes, we live
here in fragile tissue balance where barbed wire that keeps
us inside also cuts to death.
us inside also cuts to death.
Caroline Gerardo © copyright 4/16/2018
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