sometimes I live
on a thimbleful of sleep
two thimblefuls of coffee
whatever is there once a month
at the food annex
where I feel like
i am being fed with a dropper.
small farm animal I
sometimes think I am
perhaps a lamb.
Christ's lamb I hope.
I am.
sometimes oh most of the time it's pink and gold
inside my mind like a spring orchard
even while I wait in line.
mary angela douglas 26 september 2017
on a thimbleful of sleep
two thimblefuls of coffee
whatever is there once a month
at the food annex
where I feel like
i am being fed with a dropper.
small farm animal I
sometimes think I am
perhaps a lamb.
Christ's lamb I hope.
I am.
sometimes oh most of the time it's pink and gold
inside my mind like a spring orchard
even while I wait in line.
mary angela douglas 26 september 2017
