the problem you can solve for yourself
while looking out the window
at the trees in Spring
should be somewhere near.
but I misplaced it, you insist, oh dear,
emptying your pockets year after year
for all to see
in the dream that keeps revolving regularly
the problem you can solve
in your sleep
the last element in the periodic chart
or the signification of Art
to you in a glass bound kingdom
lost in the snow globe snows
and wondering what is next
and why are the tiny houses
on the periphery,
each one latched
against a darkness
that cannot come
instead of welcoming you home?
somewhere out there
is the problem worked out
to perfection
its crenellated towers
of course
because you always wanted to free
that word from its Sentence
you always wanted to solve it
all if only they would let you use
the coloured chalks to do it.
mary angela douglas 20 december 2016
while looking out the window
at the trees in Spring
should be somewhere near.
but I misplaced it, you insist, oh dear,
emptying your pockets year after year
for all to see
in the dream that keeps revolving regularly
the problem you can solve
in your sleep
the last element in the periodic chart
or the signification of Art
to you in a glass bound kingdom
lost in the snow globe snows
and wondering what is next
and why are the tiny houses
on the periphery,
each one latched
against a darkness
that cannot come
instead of welcoming you home?
somewhere out there
is the problem worked out
to perfection
its crenellated towers
of course
because you always wanted to free
that word from its Sentence
you always wanted to solve it
all if only they would let you use
the coloured chalks to do it.
mary angela douglas 20 december 2016
