Thursday, April 27, 2023

THE MOON FLOWERS

you only long for the towns that never existed

impossibly glorious persons in every Age

they won't detect you in the census

but I remember you on every page

how glad I am to intuit you are still present

on this earth.

are you okay? do you still find it possible to make ends meet?

I hope your sleep is filled with dreams where what was not

comes clear in the vu finder, found

and still more clear with passing days.

oh dreamers on earth, may you prevail.

and do not worry when the evening mail

is only circulars from the A&P or deals

on hearing aids.

something tells me on the wind

you are about to begin again

dreaming it all up in style

please live a long long time

we need you here awhile longer

looking for gold under every bush

like children who can never grow old.

sifters of riddles.

conoisseurs of the evening breeze;

the moon flowers.

mary angela douglas 27 april 2023

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