PURPLE HONEY

for Carl Sandburg

at 1251 am I found out there is purple honey

it occurs in my own state

I am happy to know there is purple honey

I am happy to know I have lived long enough

to find that out on my birthday

I will change my molecules out for purple honey

I will live a long time

I will write purple poems from hereon out.

mary angela douglas 5 february 2023