The Blessing of the Old Woman, the Tulip and the Dog
To be blessed said the old woman is to have so many grandchildren love just washes through you like milk through a cow
to be blessed said the dark red tulip is to knock their eyes out with the slug of lust implied by your up-ended skirt
to be blessed said the dog is to have a pinch of God inside you and all the other dogs can smell it
Dear God
It used to be I would fall to the floor and press my forehead to it in moments of despair
I would say help me help me
but listen I am ok but I just now found myself pressing my forehead to the carpet of my stairs
about the waters in the flooded cities poisoned by oilspill, chemicals, the dead about the survivors forever traumatized dear god I am alive I am alive help them
The Drone
Get a move on it says every year,
day, hour, minute keep going, keeping up the good work, go on with
your task, it never stops reminding me how badly I am doing it
*
I have to straighten out my love life first get that on an even keel
I say, but it says don’t fool yourself love lives never get straightened out
they are by nature crooked get back to work you don’t have forever
* Live to you now from the hypothalamus here it comes again the drone
at the base of my skull or the voice of joy singing duets with her partner death
same old task gather grief like straw spin it into praise
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