Traveling
a small jet, crowded
flat-bottomed clouds, piled high
ice-cream scoops in a blue dish
we spoon through it
home-made chocolate sryup
strained raspberry jam
flower-shaped bowls
what is fundamental? what
is superfluous?
mockingbirds, cactus wrens,
hummingbirds at the sugar water
wind chimes singing
a woman, forgotten, in an outdoor cage
a man assasinated in a sanctuary
the frightened girl, wild-eyed,
weighing in for chemotherapy
recliner chairs and IV stands
row after row
palm trees, recently pruned,
measured distances, one from another
looking entirely artificial
this is a different mother, the consequence
of some spontaneous transformation
plaster rabbits, plastic geese,
rubber dinosaurs on a green gravel lawn
unfamiliar flowers, thick and brilliant
fleshy plants with thorny warnings
waiting rooms, benches, vinyl walls
petals on the surface of the pond
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