Alice In A Blue Gown Wondering

shall I follow the burbling stream thought

Alice to herself in a dream within a dream

this was in the Pre-Rabbit days

or just let it burble on

oh really is there any other way to burble

than to yourself she wondered as if for

the first time in a lifetime of wondering

that was merely just starting to be self-evident

is there any other way apart from dreams to part-

but muddled are the colours when I find them

(if I find them) in the galleries of sleep

and am I invited I am not to the first showings

shall I follow the burbling stream each time it

burbles or only on Mondays only in a green glade

God forgot to color in or left for me invitingly to find

so I’ll just fill in the outlined spaces

for Him, Shall I?

with a soft periwinkle.

mary angela douglas 5 august 2013;30 november 2020