ROLE PLAY (poetry)
first day of Spring:
long, hot days perfect for a dip in the creek,
forgetting that you even entertained if you are happy
and tomorrow
take a nap among the flock
appreciate your friends who can do no wrong in my eyes
a paragon of patience
harbingers of doom
(these have sure to battle been!)-
what is real?
(the face of a sinner)
what do you see?
(morning in the land of Nod.)
the next time you are kind to yourself
in god's holy name
be lost in time like tears in rain
and hide
eat nothing but gold and silver.
the pendulous decorations shimmer out of the way
the third dimension seems to be all about limbs.
the severed head.
sling-necked, a braid reed voice grabbed your eyes
and looked at you!