Wednesday, March 22, 2023

THE SMALL MAKE DO: SONG FOR ARRIETTY FROM THE BORROWERS (FINAL VERSION )

 

we'll lodge in the cracks in the ceiling overnigt

when the earth shifts

being tiny has its benefits;God is not remiss

or lean against in the tallest grass

broken off pieces of angel statuary

I want the one with the bruised wing

I call dibs.

somehow we'll manage this way;we'll live

living off one wild strawberry a day

for dinner the two peas in a pod

they'll find us odd in town

too little to go shopping or to the matinee

but they did anyway

we'll still live on with all our cousins too

under the bluebird's song

weaving the cornflowers

into blue crowns.

mary angela douglas 19 january 2022;22 march 2023

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