Diversions

at any moment in Time we may have been discontented

over things large or small;it is the small I like to thing about.

the doll sized teas and problems

the days it rained when you hung the washing on the line

when your shoes at the birthday party didnt fit right

so you couldnt enjoy the cake though possibly the strawberry ice 

cream

made you forget the hole in the safety net at the circus

looking at small problems even the fabricated makes me feel better

what if the lollipops no longer come in cherry

what if I have to take math over again and over again

for the rest of my days

what if it rains on all the parades

the king is in a terrible mood

and the golden dish is cracked 

what shall we do about that

or the paint peeling on the ceiling

and the ceiling is the Sistine

lets think about other things

from distant eras

anything to get away 

from what worries you now

and let the lights play over a sea somehow

no longer raging

watching the clouds that look for all the world

like Napoleon's horses, if his horses had been magenta.

mary angela douglas 13 may 2021