Why Should You Say Simply What You Can Spell Out In Stars

why should you say simply

what you can spell out in stars

in time lapsed roses in a

magic garden surprise oh

surprise at the birthday

wishes, wishes for (don't say it) realized

but through an unforeseen door

a window left ajar

and there are Peter Pan and

the others trailing their

sparkles behind them for

us to garner still

for garnet on garnet's

scattered in the skies

if you can find the right

word for it otherwise

it's just plain purple

not even purpereal

good enough for some

and never damson, plum

or white violets sighed the

princess finding them first

in the April woods before

her companions

everyone knows who knows this

that the birds keep flinging roseate roseate roseate

into the aurora, not the sunrise.

oh burst upon us silverly, lost demanding music

rose on vivid rose new crown-ed damask:

we are half-sick of prose

mary angela douglas 26 January 2014