Author: cfblack
-
Blue
Picasso paints a blue guitar, Blue flowers, blue ladies, an old man with a brown guitar Neck bent as if broken against a blue background Jared declares love is like living in a blue Delft porcelain cup Blue sapphires and bright diamonds on a blue couch, Pretending you were born with blue blood Carry a…
-
Winter
browning grass lack of light naked trees cold limbs on trunk tilting away tilting back, again spinning ice ball burning inside leaves on ground white hair on pillow 2-9-2022
-
in defense of naps
on a windless day, you attempted to meditate yourself into stillness as the earth spun at 1,000 mph orbiting a star at 66,600 mph while the star orbited in a galaxy at 536, 865 mph and all of it fleeing a big bang at 1,332,000 mph you decide to take a nap, because you believe…
-
CVA dreamscape
Since my stroke in September, meds meant to save me are jealous of my dreams. They no longer allow me to walk old neighborhoods hear singing in the park or voyage on rocket ships among the stars. I dreamed I heard a man beating his sons. They were screaming, begging him to stop and I…
-
The grooming of Daisy
Because they wanted Daisy to grow up straight, They displayed her in the front window And turned her inward If she leaned into the sun When her roots outgrew the pot They transplanted her in a flower bed And there she flourished until a passing stranger Pulled off her petals one by one, playing loves…
-
Benevolence
You gave at home, in church, on the playground, at team practice and in fights after school. You gave in the backseat, at the office, the drunken party and for a worthy cause. You stole kisses, hearts and candy. You stole time, again and again and again. You threw it away. You disbelieved. You tried…
-
Insomnia #67
You wake from a dream unable to sleep Tell yourself that after you die You don’t want to stumble in the dark or get lost between worlds So you will leave a light on at the earth end of the tunnel And then you realize Mom and Dad will be upset You left the light…
-
Days like these
Days of rain hold me on the porch gather in gutters clean the streets Days of rain slow and steady call moss to green birds to song Days of rain slowly drum pull the shades take a nap Days of rain wet and warm summon frogs serenade the dark 2-4-22
