Wednesday, March 11, 2020

And Not Blue

it is possible to live happily in catastrophes
I thought to myself on an early spring day
to find in the ruins, wild strawberries

or to hear in memory
the mantel clock ticking away.
it doesnt seem a thing likely

to happen
because we didnt grow up that way
but even midstream among evictions

the larks sing.
the skies suddenly become rose
and not blue.

mary angela douglas `11 march 2020

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