Hi Arthur,
Enjoyed this very much. Thanks.
CW, Mary :O)
--- Arthur <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> this daily weary algorithm
> wood chopped at dawn
> smoky fire blown to flame
> weeping eyes
> boil water
> carried from a stream
> make coffee
> sugar, black with drunken ants,
> stirred in
> I sit to drink the first and only of the day
>
> Plop!
>
> a gecko in my coffee
> a baby of uncertain velcroed feet
> but perfect aim
> in the scald of cup it puckered
> into an antique ivory brooch
> carved by a master
> dead in a flicker
> death in the morning
>
> unwaste the toil of making
> I toss the debris into the teeming bush
> a squadron of parrots squabble high in the palms
> ants begin to recycle the soft intricacies
>
> I drink my coffee
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Good Cheer & Be Well,
Maryann Hazen-Stearns
"Under The Limbo Stick"
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