Saturday, August 21, 2010

The Princess Cried Real Sequins

the princess cried real sequins
in the play:
I saw her

from a mauve-lit distance
fall away into sudden
nearness there

where the violet curtain,
tied-back, slightly
swayed

and a small hand
made of moments
cast an ivory

obliviousness, or a
spell

somewhere else
where it was snowing
and children laughed whole coins
of silver-

bent on her deliverance-

mary angela douglas 21 august 2010

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