in my dream there is a baby
i try to pick the baby up
but it's heavy as a mountain
the baby
the way children can be
when they don't want to leave
they don't want to be picked up
picked up and deposited
like trash on the sidewalk
cut the grass
before the historical society
faints from the eyesore of it
being two inches longer than
is allowed
the baby is loud
it thunders like Paul Bunyan
the legendary baby
and blue oxen come to graze
in my veritable backyard
or did I get the unit
with the patio
it's not that clear
it's hard to remember
remember, it's still a dream
there is no baby
there is no backyard
there's miniblinds
and a sky stained like
raspberries crushed
and then I'm on the bus
going to work
it's temporary again
my daydream folds into a desert
the living desert
while all the flowers bloom
at the same time.
mary angela douglas 16 november 2017
i try to pick the baby up
but it's heavy as a mountain
the baby
the way children can be
when they don't want to leave
they don't want to be picked up
picked up and deposited
like trash on the sidewalk
cut the grass
before the historical society
faints from the eyesore of it
being two inches longer than
is allowed
the baby is loud
it thunders like Paul Bunyan
the legendary baby
and blue oxen come to graze
in my veritable backyard
or did I get the unit
with the patio
it's not that clear
it's hard to remember
remember, it's still a dream
there is no baby
there is no backyard
there's miniblinds
and a sky stained like
raspberries crushed
and then I'm on the bus
going to work
it's temporary again
my daydream folds into a desert
the living desert
while all the flowers bloom
at the same time.
mary angela douglas 16 november 2017
