no job description covers
everything expected of you
thus, The Miller's Daughter.
do you really think
it was only the straw
turned into gold
in the cold tower
barely furnished?
I envy you
your simplicity.
before the day was through
she had to mend
the pearl of clouds already dissolving
and wash the floor with morning dew
in the heat of afternoon
when it had long vanished.
and make the jam for tea
when she was famished;
when it was said:
let it be raspberry, you-
or rather, instead, mint jelly
and this, in January
when fruited bush and mint leaf slept
under deep snows.
who knows what she endured
and even if they do I am that sure
she could not turn her name to gold
her flats to crystal shoes
since the deal was
"you shall remain nameless."
be here tomorrow
by two.
mary angela douglas 8 november 2017
everything expected of you
thus, The Miller's Daughter.
do you really think
it was only the straw
turned into gold
in the cold tower
barely furnished?
I envy you
your simplicity.
before the day was through
she had to mend
the pearl of clouds already dissolving
and wash the floor with morning dew
in the heat of afternoon
when it had long vanished.
and make the jam for tea
when she was famished;
when it was said:
let it be raspberry, you-
or rather, instead, mint jelly
and this, in January
when fruited bush and mint leaf slept
under deep snows.
who knows what she endured
and even if they do I am that sure
she could not turn her name to gold
her flats to crystal shoes
since the deal was
"you shall remain nameless."
be here tomorrow
by two.
mary angela douglas 8 november 2017
