still life.
a purple plum and a golden one
before a vase of summer sky blue
still life
but nothing in the world is still
I wonder why the earth is ill
and quiet beauty has unease.
still life.
dark cherries in a bowl of jade
and I have lost the summer shade
and gilded sunbeams on the page
of a book I had not read for an Age
still life.
but nothing on earth is still today
except the words i have to say
the letter I won't write today
still life
becomes.
a violet plum and an apricot one
and I have lost the summer sun
against the promises I was made.
still life.
becomes.
mary angela douglas 5 february 2023
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